A Comedy Classic. Really good acting across the board. Birch & Buscemi got great chemistry and are both really good in this. The characters in general are given really good dialouge and great offbeat quirky humor that consistently works. The cinematography and soundtrack is solid too. The direction is kinda basic, looks like a 00's era film more than a 70's film, and relies a lot on the colorful characters that gives this life. It's bright, has unique asetics with the 70's style backdrop, but doesn't beat you over the head reminding you of the time it takes place. Everything else is really well done. Enid is such a likeable, immature, and human character and made even more interesting with Rebecca & Seymour. It can be a bit jumpy setting up the relationships with Enid's father, rebecca, Seymour, and herself. But once the relationship with Seymour becomes more established it really finds it's rhythm and never lets up. This is about how immature it is to see others who are "boring" & "normal" as beneath you and eventually seeing them as heroes for doing the tough thing called adulthood. It also is bittersweet as you realize another facet of that is growing apart from ones that were a big part of your life in high school as you come of age as well and how that's not a bad thing. It's scary but the courage to do it is given by those "boring" everyday heroes. Anyone who is a fan of quirky comedies, coming of age stories, the director, indie flicks or any actors in this should give it a try.

Delightfully quirky and surprisingly thoughtful, Ghost World is at once funny and affecting, cleverly combining witty, bone-dry humour and reflective poignancy.

Can't get excited about slow moving neo hipster movie. The movie and not cool actors think they are too cool for this world. Snarky, depreciating observations are not cool. Neither is this movie.

In every scene, new, quirky characters come into the picture, even if it's just the fat man with his McMenu in the background. The acting is sublime, the photography brilliantly shows off the detailed and playful set design. The limbo between graduating from school and adulthood is portrayed in such a universally relatable way that I could easily identify with two outsiders in LA. In addition, "Ghost World" is a remarkable pop-cultural testimony of the USA shortly before September 11th that makes you nostalgic.

Almost 25 years old, Ghost World still stands this time from when I first saw it on dvd back in 2001. One of the my fave films of all time, great cast and acting, and some well written dialogue. As well as the film, I would recommend the Graphic Novel by Daniel Clowes.

The plot was instructive

Its a really good movie.

The story of neo-cool Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) who, faced with graduation from high school, take a hard look at the world they wryly observe and decide what they really want. When Enid takes an interest in the offbeat Seymour (Steve Buscemi) and Rebecca focuses her attention on their mutual romantic fixation Josh (Brad Renfro), the girls' friendship is forever changed.

Stunningly poignant and bleak comedy with stellar cast and beautiful set-pieces. Comparable to Withnail and I and Welcome to the Dollhouse in the quality and style.

For a film about the inevitable loss of friendship and the meaningless search for purpose in life, "Ghost World" still manages to be hilarious. A remarkable achievement.

A girl with not one solid attachment in her life taking an obsessive interest in an older man she sees herself in. Some would argue not quite statutory rape but I would say it is at least close enough to make me feel very uncomfortable. I thought a lot of the style and colour palette of filming was cool and the soundtrack interesting but there could have been other avenues of storyline that portrayed the same ideas without trying to entice you to romanticise a sexual relationship between a barely graduated high-schooler and a middle aged man.

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Such a sweet yet dark tale about outcasts and friendships.

If you're familiar with the work of Todd Solondz, especially his 1995 film Welcome To The Dollhouse, then you'll likely be a fan of Terry Zwigoff's Ghost World, which contains the same blend of acerbic wit, dashes of black comedy and cynical characters existing in a cruel world. I'm not saying it's a rip-off or anything, but it definitely has these similarities. The 2 leads are the kind you might recognise from people in your own lives: Outcast and jaded, fitting in nowhere while also having little desire to do so. There's moments when the central character, Enid, does things that are objectionable at best and outright horrible at worst, but the film doesn't let her get away with these things. She suffers for her misdeeds, and in the end she's a changed person. The character with the most compelling arc, to me at least, was Steve Buscemi's character Seymour. Beautifully played and sympathetically handled, his is a late life awakening that I imagine many can understand and relate to. It's a shame that Johannsen's Rebecca doesn't get as much screentime as her partner in crime, but she is given important things to do that come into play later on. It's very much a dialogue-driven film, and since the dialogue is smart and frequently funny, that's not a problem. It's not the definitive statement on teen angst and alienation, but it's a quirky, clever and amusing examination of it.

A coming-of-age story about refusing to come of age. Ghost World focuses on the classic adolescent fear of growing up, being paralyzed with indecision because the choice you make might be the wrong one, but it's coated in a prickly sense of cynicism and self awareness; Thora Birch's Enid knows that she's not doing herself any favors by spending her time hanging out in someone else's nostalgia or throwing caustic insults around, but it's still better than confronting the reality knocking on her front door. Alienation is a bit comforting to her, keeping her own identity unique means that she's still alive even if it's just treading water the whole time. The film doesn't offer easy answers about self-discovery, none of that warm '80s sense of assurance that everything is going to be okay if you give it enough time, that time in your life is scary; decisions that you make will affect you forever, but you're still functionally just a kid. Nice balance between social satire and straight comedy, who doesn't know a ripped nunchuk-wielding rando in a convenience store parking lot? There's a unique visual style to this film, as Terry Zwigoff apparently wanted to use saturated colors to emulate a bit of a comic book look, and it doesn't seem like coincidence that much of Enid's drawing style seems to emulate the work of R. Crumb, the subject of Zwigoff's acclaimed documentary from years earlier (and also a notoriously distinctive, abrasive personality). Cool balance between existential dread and fuzzy friendship. (3.5/5)

The best movie screenplay ever adapted!

Enid (Thora Birch), a recent high school graduate, is a nihilistic, narcissistic bully of a human being with no perceivable redeeming values. As a secondary character, these traits may provide some sort of dramatic spark. However, when the antagonist doubles as the protagonist, problems arise. Such is the case with Ghost World, an inexplicably popular film, a comedy with no laughs and a drama without any real drama. Birch plays her simpering loser of a character with the stone-cold blandness of a sociopath, making it impossible for even the most generous viewer to develop any sort of feelings for. A young Scarlett Johansson does a decent job as her frustrated friend, but Steve Buscemi steals the show as the pseudo-object of Enid's affection, a loveable nerd who somehow, at least partially, is able to stomach Enid's deplorable personality. If you must watch this, watch with someone who can explain its popularity – it's beyond me.

This film reminded me of the M온라인카지노추천 animated show Daria, focussing on two sarcastic and somewhat introverted loner type teenage girls with a 'rebellion against the norm' being the personality type (somewhere between punk and goth?). Its got a decent dry wit about it. One person depicted strongly also reminded me of Napoleon Dynamite, so hopefully that gives you a feel for what it's like. There's some amusing dialogue. Suffice to say this is a quirky film. Not great as such but its certainly not bad and with a decent cast (Steve Buscemi as Seymour was particularly amusing at times and it was interesting to see Scarlett Johansson in an early role), I'd recommend it, yes. Also, I can understand why this is regarded as a cult title.

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