I love this movie, it's perfectly paced,acted and all around fun! It's easily the best movie ever and it should have won at least 100 Oscars. If not more. It's appropriate for anyone and everyone. I highly recommend this astonishing picture. It's a perfect 100/10! Compared to Godfather it doesn't even come close! The only problem is that there is no sequel. It needs to have a follow up. People across the glob have long waited a second film. Let us see number 2! and then MORE! The final thing I must say is the CGI is way better then E.T., Close encounters of a third kind, and star wars have really bad special effects. So then go check it out. I AM Using 100% SARCASUM!

I have seen much worse movies, and Casper:A Spirited Beginning is worse in my opinion than Casper Meets Wendy. Casper Meets Wendy in my opinion is not a good movie, more mediocre for my tastes, but it could have been much worse.PROS: The costume and set design is excellent and the film's photography is quite good. The music is decent, and Hilary Duff does a good job as Wendy. Also Casper is still very cute.CONS: I love the ghostly uncle trio as characters, and while they are well-voiced and look good I cannot say the same for their dialogue and slapstick. In general the script is weak, the effects aside from the ghosts look rather slap-dash and the slapstick is tired and generic. I liked the inclusion of Cathy Moriaty and George Hamilton, but was disappointed in their performances, for my money Moriaty is better as a villainess and Hamilton is so over-the-top his character becomes annoying and ineffectual. The film is too short and too rushed for my tastes too, making the predictable story seem even thinner than it already is.In conclusion, a mediocre movie but I have seen much worse in all honesty. 4/10 Bethany Cox

The girl you have listed as the actress who played Wendy isn't the real one. The real actress who did the role is my daughter Shelley, and I have the earrings... How do you like THAT one? I wish I could show you some personal pix, plus the earrings.. You need a photo of her for the file, not this stand-in.. The movie was filmed at our family estate in Foresthill, CA.. George Hamilton is my ex-boy-toy named Robert, too. He also does "Big Bird" for PBS and does the Johnny Depp stuff, too. You can hear the voice. He's also done the role of Chekov on the old Star Trek series. You can hear the Chekov scream in Johnny Depp's holler in one of his pirate flicks as he runs down the beach. He's sang under many names: the Monkees, John Denver, etc... He's on Two and a Half Men, lately, as Jon Cryer. I could send you pix of him, too. I was Tabitha on the old Bewitched series. You have to watch for the name-games with us show-biz folks. "Shelving" stuff to bring out years later is one of our tricks, too. It's about privacy...

I rented this for my four-year-old son from our local public library. As the third Casper film, and a direct-to-video release (the only advertising I remember was on cereal boxes), I wasn't expecting much from this little venture, but I was delightfully surprised. I actually sat and watched the whole thing, and the climax is quite suspenseful. A great cast, some witty writing, and fine performances by George Hamilton as the villainous arch-warlock Desmond Spellman (am I the only one who thinks this is a dig at Aaron Spelling?), Richard Moll, Vincent Schiavelli—and the three adult witches, Shelly Duval, Teri Garr and Cathy Moriarty. The CGI ghosts are well done.But the biggest surprise of all is Hilary Duff's sparkling performance as Wendy. Based on all the ditzy teen idol crap she did later-- rolling her eyes and huffing every thirty seconds as "Lizzy McGuire" and singing those plastic pop tunes--I expected her to just float around on her broom and look cute. But this is the best acting I've ever seen her do. I can hardly believe it's the same person. She's a delightful little bundle of energy, delivers her lines intelligently, and really works her little duff off (sorry, couldn't resist that). It's a shame her career took such an airhead direction. This video shows she was capable of better things, but she's already being forgotten.One caution: The ending, with the swirling "Mystic Abyss", when it seems like Wendy might actually be a gonner, as well as the "possession" scenes might be a little too much for some preschoolers.