Great little film, sad and funny at the same time. If anyone is in the mood to start a discussion on the possible implications of the ending, feel free to post in this thread and bring the issue up.


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I strongly recommend this film, if for no other reason than that it's like nothing you've seen before. Oh, and the two lead actresses are supoid! As is Buscemi! \:D/

Ghost World was a terrific, sharp little film. Thora Birch is great, Scarlett Johansson is somewhat underused, and Steve Buscemi is brilliant. Buscemi was totally robbed of an Oscar nomination here. A-

Libs, I agree with you on Buscemi.


I didn't notice how great his performance was until after the film, when it began to sink it. He was so effective that it is still hard for me to think of him as someone other than his character in that film.

The hills are alive, with the sight of Scaaarlett
The sight that will appeal to the eye for thousands of yeaaaars
The hills fill my heart, with the sight of Scaaarlett

Everyone knows why I liked this film. But, asides from watching her, there's also Buscemi (he's always good at playing the quirky loser) and Birch (quite a turn from her role in American Beauty). And the good direction, but that's secondary to looks, of course...

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It had some great lines and good performances. Steve Buscemi was very good (almost as good as he was in Fargo), but Thora Birch was great. Whatever happened to her? I grade it a B+.

Excellent, this is the movie that needs to be appreciated more than say, Napoleon Dynamite. Steve Buscemi and Thora Birch are both fantastic in this, too bad we don't see Birch in much projects now.

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Loved it. This is the kind of movie for someone who feels traped by life, but crazy about it anyway. A very sharp satire that doesn't skimp on character and plot development. Also, great performances by Thora Burch and Steve Buscemi.

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I loved this.

Really funny, sad, true, and brilliantly written and acted. Enid is one of the more relateable characters I've seen in a while... I look at the world kind of similar to her. Not sure if it's a good thing or not, but regardless, the people she likes and the people she hates is exactly in line with the people I like and hate. Birch's performance is also just glorious.

And likewise, Buscemi is just fantastic... he's just layered, and he feels incredibly real the whole way.

Johannson does her role. Her screentime and importance drops throughout the movie because that's what's happening in the relationship between Enid and her. As Seymour comes in, she becomes less interesting and the two seperate.

I loved the ending of this movie too. I'm not sure what was real and what it all meant, but I loved it.

4.5/5

Great film, one of the best dealing with teenage angst that I've seen. Birch is a real standout, but everyone else is also great. It's also consistently hilarious.

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The best film of 2001. So painfully witty and sad. Brilliantly written and acted. I found it incredibly relateable. If I had to compile a list of movie characters I most relate to, Enid would be one of them. Even if I could only pick 3 she'd make the cut. Just an all-around fantastic film. It deserved more recognition at the Academy Awards (it was, afterall, one of the best reviewed films of the year). I know there were a lot of people that loved it, but it still feels like a forgotten gem. A lot of people I know have never seen/heard of it. I guess it's not everyone's cup of tea, but it deserves to be seen.

One of my all-time favorites.

A+

Mulholland Dr.

Moulin Rouge!



As to Ghost World it was merely okay. It was hugely overrated upon it's release, and is nothing compared to his two true masterpieces: Crumb and Bad Santa.

3 out of 5.



(It's been four long years since Terry Zwigoff's last movie, and from what I can tell he doesn't seem to have any current plans to make another. Too bad, because he seems to have a Star Trek-style alternating great-mediocre film rhythm going - - Crumb, Ghost World, Bad Santa, Art School Confidential[/i] - - so his next film is on track to be a winner!)

Really enjoyed that, but this was much better . It was a really solid year for movies though.


Bad Santa doesn't even deserve to be the crap that Ghost World shits out . That movie is alright, but so ugly and overrated. What a disappointment after this masterpiece.

Yes.

But Ghost World is up there too.

"Medium? Why, don't you know sir, medium is only for suckers like you who don't know the concept of value." Or something like that. Anyway I love it. The ending haunts me every time I see it. Apparently it's simmilar in tone to a Japanese filmmaker's movies. Ozu?

I wish they'd release this on Blu-ray.

I think Criterion might be releasing it next year.

That would be amazing.

Hmm, was a bit disappointed in this after reading all the great reviews on here. I could not bring myself around to liking Enid, who had many people wanting to care for her yet pushed them away. I understand she wanted to be different, but I feel like she never matured after the movie's events. The Enid/Buscemi relationship was a bit creepy, much like the Jason Batemen/Juno relationship. I guess I must have missed something about this movie, but I'd give it like a C+ or so.