Fantastic!

Best movie ever!

I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

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...

As I started to read the prior comment, I thought I had accidentally brought up comments on Titanic or Gladiator. Actually, I found this mildly amusing, It didn't have that humor/storyline for everyone of a Shrek or Nemo, but that is okay. Not every Kid's Movie has to appeal to the whole family. Since this is a Kid's Movie, and I don't like to rate/inflict adult standards onto purely Kid's Movies outside of appropriateness -- message, if any; language and type of action, etc. The whole thing boils down to "How did the kids react to it?" Well, the kids liked it a lot. And at the bottom line, when the day is done, that is what counts when you rent or take your kids to see a Kid's Movie. That being said, I am not interested in the complexity of plot lines, holes in story or academy award quality performances.The kids say 7, and that is good enough for me.

This is by no means a great movie at all, the special effects are pretty dodgy and the story quite weird also. The main reason why this would be of interest to viewers is that it marks the film debut of Hilary Duff, who is 11 years old in this film. This movie was one of her first ever jobs and she does a good job, given the material she is working with. Her voice is a lot higher pitched than it is on Lizzie. A standout scene would be Wendy and Casper dancing under a gazebo.