Ghost World

2001

1h 51m

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7.1/10

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Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

Directors

Terry Zwigoff

Writers

Terry Zwigoff(screenplay by)

Daniel Clowes(comic book by)

Daniel Clowes(screenplay by)

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Thora Birch

Scarlett Johansson

Steve Buscemi

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Enid

Rebecca

Seymour

Josh

Roberta Allsworth

Enid's Dad

Dana

Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

Norman

Doug

Joe

Melora

Sidewinder Boss

John Ellis

Graduation Speaker

Todd

Weird Al

Vanilla

Jade

Directors

Terry Zwigoff

Writers

Terry Zwigoff(screenplay by)

Daniel Clowes(comic book by)

Daniel Clowes(screenplay by)

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6/10

Despite some decent efforts on display here, I couldn’t help but think I’d seen it all before. It’s school friends “Enid” (Thora Birch) and “Rebecca” (Scarlet Johansson) who have just finished school and have, hitherto at any rate, been determined to live together whilst they abandon education and get jobs. It’s fair to say that these two women are a bit on the periphery of their community. “Enid”, especially, with her blue hair and punk affections fancies herself as a bit of an artist and has disdain for just about everyone else. To alleviate their boredom, they answer an ad in a lonely hearts type column and encounter the rather sad character that is “Seymour” (Steve Buscemi) to whom neither take much of an instant shine, but with whom “Enid” begins to become friends - without acknowledging that it was them who not only replied to his advert, but who also left him high and dry once they had seen what he looked like on their supposed date. With this friendship taking an unpredictable path and “Enid” gradually managing to distance herself from just about everyone else, it might be too late when she eventually realises the short-sightedness of her ways. At times this is quite a quirky and wittily written coming-of-age drama, but I couldn’t find enough from any of the characters here to care about. We were all selfish and opinionated at that age, with little respect for anything that didn’t meet our (not very exacting) standards, but that doesn’t necessarily make for engaging storytelling. The production seems overly designed to exacerbate the issues from their largely self-inflicted problems and poor life choices, and though Buscemi comes across as quite natural with his portrayal of a nerdy character I felt this film strived to make the bleeding obvious a more pedestrian tale of teen angst than create anything fresh or innovative. Maybe I am just too old, but this didn’t do much for me, sorry.

Geronimo196719 Feb, 2025