Ghost World

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.

An excellent translation of the Graphic Novel.

Based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, this film is a refreshing and witty illustration of the antics of two small town teenage girls. It is both hilarious and also very touching at times. The humour perfectly compliments a serious and sensitive storyline about coming of age, instead of being a baseless joy ride of cheap thrills, which it so easily could have been. The Director Terry Zwigoff has done a superb job of translating the original story for the big screen.

Beautifully acted from start to finish by both Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson, along with the mousey genius of Steve Buscemi, there is literally never a dull moment from start to finish. It is so wonderful to see a film that focuses on just a small part of a small suburban town and elaborates on that instead of trying to mean all things to all men, and ultimately not adding up to much at all. It is a well sustained microscopic view of Suburban America and a very entertaining exercise in the social interactions therein.

I thoroughly recommend this little gem of a movie.