Ghost World Details

A welcome, refreshing tale of two best friends coping with life after high school. Thora Birch is mesmerising as Enid, the main protagonist who pours scorn on fast food, contemporary music and those who don't make her grade. If you're tired of movies where good looking guys fall for perfect girls, usually followed by predictable third acts that pan out exactly the way you thought, then Ghost World gives you a fresh spin on that formula. Steve Buscemi is as great as ever as the geeky record collector while Bob Balaban is delightful as Enid's ineffectual dad. Good direction by Crumb's Terry Zwigoff makes this well worth renting.

Deserves a chance

What is so interesting about this film is that nothing really interesting happens in it yet I wasn't bored. Thora (Hocus Pocus) Birch - who I personally think is all too often understated - is genius as Enid, one half of a pair of high school misfits, who plays a trick with the help of best Friend, Scarlett Johansson (spelling?) on unsuspecting and slightly oddball record collector, Steve Buscemi.

If you want excitement and suspense, this is not one of those films nor is it your typical teenage, lipstick, boys, and beautiful clothes type film. Instead it is an unfashionable trip through a 'decide for yourself what happens' type film that may just leave you feeling a little unsatisfied because it does not conform to the usual 'everything'll be be alright at the end' type movie which I found highly refreshing. I thoroughly enjoyed this film as did my boyfriend.

Also worth a mention is the soundtrack to the film. Like Enid, I found myself mesmerised by the achingly beautiful voice of Skip James singing 'Devil got my woman'.