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      Casper Meets Wendy

      PG 1998 1 hr. 30 min. Fantasy List
      17% 6 Reviews Tomatometer 46% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score After drawing the ire of a nefarious warlock named Desmond (George Hamilton), Wendy the Good Little Witch (Hilary Duff) and her aunts seek sanctuary in a special resort that caters to the supernatural. There, Wendy meets Casper the Friendly Ghost (Jeremy Foley), who is vacationing with his quarrelsome uncles. Despite their families' prejudiced warnings, Wendy and Casper become fast friends. Before long, this high-spirited duo decides to team up to take down the bullying warlock. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member 25 years later and another one of my favorite childhood direct-to-video flicks by director Sean McNamara It’s far better than the previous film ‘A Spirited Beginning’ despite a number of panning reviews This was during the wave of late 90s-early 2000s kids productions The cast here comprises of rising star Hilary Duff pre-Lizzie McGuire on the Disney Channel, Shelley Duvall, Teri Garr, George Hamilton, and the return of Cathy Moriarty In this story Casper and his three uncles, Stretch, Stinky, and Fatso cause chaos but Casper just wants a friend to escape from his harsh treatment of his family A young witch named Wendy unlike her three aunts is friendly and prefers not to play tricks on people Meanwhile a powerful warlock named Desmond Spellman learns from his mirror slave that Wendy will become more powerful than him, of course Desmond wants to remain the only powerful being alive so he hatches a plan to dispose of Wendy and her family He plans do use the dreaded Mystic Abyss, whatever goes in vanishes forever She and the rest of them decide to hide at a luxury resort in the Catskills yet little do they know that Casper and his uncles are staying too The film makes it pretty clear that ghosts and witches do not like each other causing a rift among their communities; when Casper actually meets Wendy face-to-face they decide to become best friends instead of mortal enemies Both of them just want everyone to get along and start listening to their voices Can they work together and defeat Desmond Spellman? The film is such a lot of fun to watch; There’s the budgeted effects which you’d expect, some funny humor, an adorable performance by Duff as this good little witch, and Hamilton is absolutely eating up every scene as this villain The soundtrack is really good too Although the Josh character really could’ve been cut out of this since his arc goes nowhere If you don’t think about the continuity with the original movies then the kids should have a good time with this one Harmless lighthearted fun for the whole family I gotta say Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/25/23 Full Review Liam D It is superior then Casper A Spirited Beginning but it's cheap visual effects, bland and annoying writing and mediocre acting makes a spell not worth casting or a spook worth befriending Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/01/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a fun spooky time for kids under the age of 12. Hilary Duffs 1st ever film. Enjoy the made for TV movie. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/17/22 Full Review r 9 It's a poor film, yet kinda is better than it has any right to be given what it is... and it definitively improves upon 'Casper: A Spirited Beginning', so gets props for that. 'Casper Meets Wendy' feels like it takes things from 1993's 'Hocus Pocus' and that's a positive, the parts of the story with the trio of witches and Wendy (portrayed by film debutant Hilary Duff!) are actually almost good. However, negatives include the underuse/misuse (at least that's how it felt to me) of Casper and the parts of the plot with George Hamilton & Co. - which are, frankly, terrible. Jeremy Foley remains solid as the voice of Casper since joining with the second installment, while Cathy Moriarty - Carrigan from the original - returns to the series in a different role. The only person who appears in all three opening releases is Ben Stein, as far as I noticed anyway. Next: 'Casper's Haunted Christmas'. Exciting stuff, I know... Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I very first watched this film between 1998 and 1999. It's a very interesting movie and of course it reminded me of the 1997 animated film Anastasia. Wendy bears a number of similarities to the main character Anastasia. -Both are the main character of the story. -Both have a love interest. (Dimitri for Anastasia and Casper for Wendy) -Both have some company. (Pooka the dog and Wendy's broom) -Both have an evil enemy that's trying to kill them. (Rasputin to kill Anastasia and Desmond Spellman to kill Wendy). Desmond Spellman is a lot like Rasputin all right and the Oracle in the mirror is like Bartok. Fun film and I hope it will turn into blu ray very soon! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review steve d Perhaps the extremely young will like it but at 10 I was not amused and I loved these characters. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Harlene Ellin Chicago Tribune The makers of Casper Meets Wendy have brewed up one nasty potion. Feb 20, 2019 Full Review Heather Boerner Common Sense Media Hilary Duff's silly spook-fest is good tween fun. Rated: 3/5 Dec 18, 2010 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Nov 2, 2005 Full Review Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Rated: 2/5 Mar 27, 2004 Full Review Derek Smith Apollo Guide Rated: 50/100 Dec 7, 2002 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Answers the never-asked questions of "whatever happened to: Shelley Duvall, poor, unrecognizable Teri Garr, Cathy Moriarty, George Hamilton, Vincent Schiavelli, Alan Thicke, and Pauly Shore?" Rated: 0.5/4 Sep 30, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis After drawing the ire of a nefarious warlock named Desmond (George Hamilton), Wendy the Good Little Witch (Hilary Duff) and her aunts seek sanctuary in a special resort that caters to the supernatural. There, Wendy meets Casper the Friendly Ghost (Jeremy Foley), who is vacationing with his quarrelsome uncles. Despite their families' prejudiced warnings, Wendy and Casper become fast friends. Before long, this high-spirited duo decides to team up to take down the bullying warlock.
      Director
      Sean McNamara
      Screenwriter
      Jymn Magon
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Fantasy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (DVD)
      Sep 11, 2007