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Casper Meets Wendy

Casper Meets Wendy

Family · Fantasy · Comedy · 1998

When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along, the two are kindred spirits! This spooky family-friendly adventure finds Casper and Wendy bridging the ghost-witch divide to battle the warlock who is intent on destroying Wendy.

Movie details

Casper Meets Wendy

“A Bewitching New Live-Action Movie!”

1998 Family · Fantasy · Comedy 1h 30m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

When a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along, the two are kindred spirits! This spooky family-friendly adventure finds Casper and Wendy bridging the ghost-witch divide to battle the warlock who is intent on destroying Wendy.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Sean McNamara

Written by

Rob Kerchner · Jymn Magon

Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff

Wendy

Shelley Duvall

Shelley Duvall

Gabby

Cathy Moriarty

Cathy Moriarty

Geri

Teri Garr

Teri Garr

Fanny

George Hamilton

George Hamilton

Desmond Spellman

Jeremy Foley

Jeremy Foley

Casper (voice)

Jim Ward

Jim Ward

Stretch (voice)

Court is in session

Put Casper Meets Wendy on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Big-Idea Head

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.