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Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Best movie of this year hands down!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Was expecting to laugh my ass off, all I got was 2 hours wasted. Maybe it was a good film in 2001, but after watching it in 2018 all I can say it's not even a cult movie. Wanna see a good cult movie just watch The Big Lebowski, Reservoir Dogs, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. Please don't waste your time it's not worth it

Enid is disturbingly irresponsible and self centered character that only wants to do what she wants to do, only the problem is that she doesn't seem to know what she wants to do. Still, she is not totally unsympathetic character but actually quite engaging thanks to Thora Birch's dedicated and wonderful performance. Add Scarlet Johansson's motionless, but not lifeless performance as Enid's best friend Rebecca, and Steve Buscemi at his best, you got wonderful mix of interesting characters who feel real to care for them. Even the episodic small characters are written and acted out such way that they all have their own stories no matter how small is their screen time.'Ghost World' is altogether wonderful deadpan comedy film with heart, and it fantastically explores the territories of teen angst without falling into cheap tricks and clichés. As the human relationships and development of young persons are ageless themes the film itself is ageless. Although, this 'teen angst' mode seems to stay longer in people now days as there is seemingly more and more people in their late twenties early thirties who go around being irresponsible and doing only what they want to do. Walking around alienated from everyone living (or the dead - from their point of view). Notice, how Enid feels herself more and more pushed away by his friend the more Rebecca gets on the tracks with her life (getting a steady job and an apartment) or how Enid doesn't understand any other person who has something touchable in their lives, no matter how small it is.Funny but sad movie about friendship and understanding of each other.

Disaffected teenage outcast Enid (a spot-on snarky performance by Thora Birch) and her equally sullen best friend Rebecca (a marvelously sour and aloof portrayal by Scarlett Johansson) find themselves at a crossroads in the wake of graduating from high school. Moreover, Enid feels sorry for fellow misfit Seymour (beautifully played with lovely hangdog grace by Steve Buscemi) after playing a cruel prank on him.Director Terry Twigoff, who also co-wrote the witty and perceptive script with Daniel Cloves, savagely skewers the stifling conformity of conventional consumerist small-town America, poignantly addresses the basic human need to fit in and belong even if it's on the fringes of society, maintains a splendidly dry'n'deadpan tone throughout, adroitly captures the awkward transition from adolescence to adulthood (Rebecca wants to grow up and get her own apartment while Enid tries to avoid thinking about what she's going to do with the rest of her life), and concludes things on a haunting ambiguous note. Moreover, it's acted with aplomb by a top-rate cast, with especially praiseworthy contributions from Illeana Douglas as ditsy overzealous art teacher Roberta, Brad Renfro as the easygoing Josh, Bob Balaban as Enid's nerdy ineffectual dad, Stacey Travis as the sweet Dana, Charles C. Stevenson as patient old man Norman, and David Sheridan as antagonistic goofball Doug. Affonso Beato's vibrant color cinematography provides a pleasing bright look. Great soundtrack of vintage blues tunes, too. A real treat.

Ghost World is an indie film about two young girls who have just graduated high school. They are deciding what to do next, hanging out, and messing with strangers. This movie starts out extremely strong, focusing on the dialog between Thora Birch and Scarlet Johannson, who play it cool and hang strong. About a third of the way in, the movie begins to veer off to focus more on Enid and her interactions with a middle aged loner named Seymour. Whereas the writing felt naturalistic early in the film, it gets pretty hard to buy the relationship between Seymour and Enid, and the story eventually deflates. The ending felt more like the filmmakers ran out of ideas than actual symbolism, and it left me hanging. However, I still watch many scenes of this movie over--the ironic humor hits perfectly more than a couple times. Some viewers have criticized this movie for being depressing, and things do go badly for several of the characters, but for me the only thing that is truly depressing is Enid's relationship with her father. Some of the things the characters go through are lessons they can emerge stronger from, but I don't imagine things improving between her and her dad. However, if Daniel Clowes were to write a followup looking at where the characters went later in life, I would certainly read it as soon as possible.