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Summary: Funny? Not Really...
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Enid was not a funny girl. She was cruel, self-centered, and lazy. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy watching her move in and around people's lives...I'm just saying I didn't think it was funny. I actually thought it was a little sad.The only moment in the film where I was really charmed by Enid was the scene in the hospital with Seymore (I won't spoil it..) But I think the film should have ended there.
I don't understand the Bus Stop ending. Thora Birch is an amazing actress. I do hope to see her in more Indy Roles...I think they suit her very well.
Ditto on Steve Buscemi.
Bob Balaban was FANTASTIC as Enid's Dad. I'd have given this 5 stars if it weren't for the lame ending. I did think this movie was super...just not as a Dark Comedy. I'd label it a Dark Drama.
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Summary: over rated
Review: I heard so many raves about this movie, but I found it to be very slow. And the one thing good that Enid seemed to be doing was getting Seymour a love life with the beautiful and kindly Dana. And then Enid sabotages that by sleeping with Seymour. (Why Seymour would forgo beautiful Dana to sleep with short, dumpy and obnoxious Enid I have NO idea.) I really thought this had so many flaws, I can't recommend it at all.
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Summary: For anyone who's ever been alienated
Review: been alienated? had people mad at you? just have a bad day where there seems to be no end? then this is the movie for you. its mostly about Enid and her summer of fun and discontent. it's also a nice movie to watch when you're depressed because the underlying moral of the story is: there will never be a constant in your life except yourself. you're all you've got to rely on. everyone has bad days-you just have to figure out how to get around them.
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Summary: This Movie is Horrible!
Review: It is slow, boring, and without a plot. Yes, it does look like several different episodes of a comic book were put together to make this movie. It stinks!
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Summary: Sharp 'Anti' Teen Comedy
Review: Structured in a similar fashion to a lot of the teen comedies out there, but very different in content. This dark, sharp comedy was very enjoyable. Everyone gets made fun of in an intelligent manner. All the characters were great, particularly Enid and Seymour. Contains lots of little jokes that may be missed on first viewing. After the disappointing graphic novel-to-film verions of "From Hell" (loved book, not movie) I was a little stand offish to view "Ghost World." However, I now look foward to reading the book. Nice find.
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Summary: Terrific Magical Realism Drama on NonConformity
Review: The two pivotal characters in this film are played by Thora Birch, as a recent high school graduate, and Steve Buscemi, as a middle aged vintage record collector who is most comfortable back with his collection in the 1940s. Neither of these fits into our present day society. The film starts with Birch playing a cruel prank on Buscemi's loneliness via his ad in a personals column but she gradually becomes intrigued by him. Although this film has a high comedic moments, it is not a comedy. It is a very serious study of 2 people who could be voted for as most likely to be dumped on by our society and culture. A reoccuring scene in the film, of an old man waiting for a phantom bus to carry him away from it all, perhaps captures the overall mood and trajectory of the film best. Birch's character is fascinated by him. When she tells him that the bus doesn't come there any more, he tells her that she doesn't know what she is talking about. This is a metaphor for the whole film and the magical realism underlying the entire work. Ileana Douglas as the trendiest of art teachers without an ounce of integrity in her being plays out some highly comic but disturbing moments in the film. She stands for everything that is wrong with art education as we know it.
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Summary: Wake up Academy members, give this one an Oscar!
Review: Great movie. Incredibly enjoyable dark humor. Perfect acting & directing. Steve Busceni was terrific as always. The nice and pretty Thora Birch from "Now and Then" has got her talents fully developed to become an accomplished actress here. When I sit down and write this review, Oscar night is just 24 hours away and I will be very disappointed if the Ghost World gang don't bring home at least the award for adapted screenplay for which they are nominated.
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Summary: This Movie [Stunk]
Review: This movie [stunk]. It's about a teenage girl that purposefully alieantes herself from the rest of the world. Her and her bast friend refure to take part in normal teenage activities, always putting them down as soooo stupid. I could not idenitfy with the movie at all. Thora Birch is supposed to be a Holden Caufield-type character and almost pulls it off, but then again, I didn't enjoy Catcher In the Rye, either.
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Summary: An intelligent touching and deeply humane film.
Review: I originally watched Ghost World on a whim because of its excellent reviews. I assumed a light hearted above average "teen movie". What I got instead was a movie of intelligence, witticism and ultimately, deep humanity. Thora Birch and Steve Buscemi are excellent as the main characters who live their lives as nonconformist outcasts in a world with little leeway for them. Their nonconformity isn't the hip variety, it's more a personal inability to accept (or adapt) to the social structure around them. This is a movie for anyone who has felt themselves an outcast at one time or other. From her disfunctional home life to her interactions with he best friend, Thora Birch is excellent as the main character. Her intelligence, alienation and attempt at cynicism at the world around her is well done. She's finally undone by her own sensitivity and confusion at the end. Buscemi plays an outcast in his late 30's who's special affinity is for old records. He plays it as if he were born to this role. We all, I think, know someone like this or have aspects of his personality in our own lives. Terry Zwigoff's direction is excellent. There is no hollywood ending to make you leave with a smile. It's an ambiguous future that Thora goes off into at the end. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Stellar! Unique and quirky
Review: If you love oddball stuff you will love this movie. Thora Birch is perfect as the sarcastic and confused teenager, but dont think that this is the typical teen angst movie--it's so much more. Steve Buscemi is goofy and fun to watch as usual. Most of all, I think this movie portrays how the teenagers that try to be so different and daring are really confused and desperately searching for their place in a world where everyone seems happy if you just give them "a McDonald's and a pair of Nikes."
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