Ghost World

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Summary: Ghost World Is Where I Wanna Be!
Review: I didn't think I was gonna fall in love with this movie like I did...I rented it, and totally couldnt get my mind off it..so I went out and bought the dvd to add to my collection!! Thora Birch gave such a wonderful performance of Enid a girl who stands out in the world..I loved every movie she has been in since Hocus Pocus..she's a really talented actress. Once you see this movie you will be amazed on a great film..which was made out of a comic book! Found out if Enid gets her wish that she wanted at the end!...

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Summary: overrated...
Review: slightly conscious of my own alienation, i really wanted to connect with this movie. or, atleast, have a couple good cynical laughs. unfortunately, the actions and development of the characters just seemed too contrived and unexplained, giving this movie a very disjointed feeling. and then there are the subtle smacks in the face that serve to hurt the movie, like the cheesy bus scene at the end. the story simply flails its arms, trying to grasp a sense of solidarity with high-school untouchables, and fails miserably.

quick and dirty description: cheesy, clunky, contrived, and painful in a bad way
what would i rather watch? high school spanish videos, they provide more insight and understanding of people and are also more amusing.

i recommend watching the trailer, you'll get all the funny parts and delve into the depths of the characters.

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Summary: Where's my bus stop?
Review: A well-done, solidly performed adaptation of a fine graphic novel, Ghost World is resonant with anyone who felt themselves either outgrow, outpace, or lose touch with their friends and family. I hate to say "coming of age story", but there ya go.

Thora Birch gives a strong performance as a girl who isn't quite sure who she is but knows she isn't anything she sees around her. Steve Buscemi gives his personal best as a record seller whose social awkwardness has become a treasured possession. Fun cameos include: Teri Garr (uncredited) and David Cross as...well, I'll leave that to you.

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Summary: Great Fun
Review: I really enjoyed this movie I connected with the Characters and I enjoyed the Soundtrack

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Summary: Irony Is Alive and Well In "Ghost World."
Review: Terry Zwigoff's "Ghost World" is the anonymous Anytown USA, landscaped with strip malls, drive-up ATM windows, expresso bars, mini-marts, tanning parlors and a burger franchise on every corner. It's the place where the bus no longer runs, except in the mind of an old man on the bench. "Ghost World" is where everyone has big hair, drives an SUV, wears designer clothers, listens MOR radio, and suffocates their children with benign platitudes and unwanted attention. It's tough to be a kid in "Ghost World" where your choices are limited to joining the "in-crowd" or, developing a highly refined sense of irony, as does our heroine, Enid.

"Ghost World" is a brilliantly conceived film by Zwigoff, the director of the riveting documentary about the life and times of undergound comic artist, R.Crumb. Steve Bushemi plays Seymour, a charmingly eccentric collector of odd cultural artifacts who sometimes appears to be an alter-ego aforementioned Mr. Crumb. Thora Birch's Enid, is a directionless recent high school graduate (sort of) who has lost her bearings in a sea of suburban mediocrity. You will seldom see a more tender and complex relationship portrayed as the relationship between by Bushemi and Birch. They are two doomed outsiders who view the transparency of human relationships with intelligent irony. This is a small movie that should be a runaway success, but never will be. In "Ghost World", we like big action packed blockbuster movies. Irony doesn't sell well in "Ghost World."

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Summary: Precocious Teenager's Search for Authenticity
Review: Eighteen-year-old Enid (Thora Birch) seems too smart for her own good. She can sniff out counterfeit people everywhere and feels she is navigating through a suburbia of ghosts, waifs, mountebanks, charlatans, and philistines. Languishing through her loneliness, she finds solace in her art, her drawings, her journal, and her cynical soulmate Rebecca (Scarlet Johansson). But after graduation, Rebececca's hard edges soften as she tries to adapt to the business world and she shows her yuppie aspirations. This causes a rift between Enid and Rebecca so that now Enid, living with her effete father who is dating an irritating old flame, suffers even greater loneliness. In her desperate state, she meets an incurably geekish social misfit, twenty years her senior, Seymour (Steve Buscemi), who, unlike everyone else she must endure in this suburb town, resonates a certain innocence and authenticity. A reflection of her, Enid is compelled to bond with him, at first as his "mother," finding him a girlfriend, and then as his lover, but on both counts the relationship is strained and collapses under the weight of Enid's compulsive desperation.

By showing Enid, the cynic, lose her mask and become more and more vulnerable through her love for Seymour, the movie creates a wonderful portrait of an adolescent dealing with the existential crises that any sensitive, intelligent young person must face living in a society that extols consumerism and phoniness and has forgotten what authenticity is. Enid knows authenticity is out there somewhere and we learn to love her and hope with all our hearts that she finds it.

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Summary: Hilarious, better than the comic book its based on.
Review: This movie was so refreshing to see. It had been so long since I've seen a great comedy that is original and somewhat realistic. Every town has its neighborhood freaks that all the locals see regularly. This movie is great because it gives you a behind the scenes look at one city's freaks and the stories that accompany them. Steve Buscemi is brilliant and Thora Birch does an excellent job as the bitter wannabe-rebellious high school graduate. I don't want to ruin the film by going into details but you need to see this movie immediately.

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Summary: not your average comic.....
Review: Having never read 'Ghost World',I've no idea how faithful this adaptation is, but I can say it made for an interesting film. With the glut of 'teen' stories out there, it was refreshing to see one that seemed realistic. This film tells the story of two freinds struggling with the transition from high school to the 'real' world. In their sarcastic boredom, Enid and Rebecca answer a personal ad, setting the man who placed it up for a cruel joke. They decide to watch him wait as his date never appears. Enid takes the joke further and befriends the man,learning more about him and herself as well.The film tackles the myriad issues of finding one's way via this odd situation.As with all good films, things aren't nicely resolved in the end. Be sure and keep watching after the credits...you'll get a surprise!

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Summary: Roger Douglas & Chandler = dumb
Review: This movie is really good. I like this guy in it, Doug. He is the funniest character I've seen in years. Funnier than Chandler and Mr. Douglas. Those guys are jerks. Twenty bucks says I could beat those suckahs up. Even if you gave em both rakes. Those guys [stink]. Unlike this movie...

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Summary: I want the time back.
Review: Listen, I am the first guy to line up to see some odd, dark little indie, especially when someone like Steve Buscemi is in it. I had not really heard much about plot, theme, or even specific scenes, but just that low frequency buzz from critics about what a great film this was.

I will never do that again. Bring on the high-priced Hollywood Trash movies. This was such a letdown, and that was with REALLY low expectations. It was filled with lame characters, dreary settings, and absolutely no sense of direction. NONE of the characters is even remotely likable, and the dialogue was pitiful. There was no sarcasm, no wit, no irony, short of an immature 18 year old's idea of them. The ONE subplot (in a film really with out a main plot) about the chicken place's racist past and the art controversy is a glimmer of hope, but goes nowhere.

Save your time, save your money. I wouldn't recommend this to my worst enemy. Make the prisoners down at Guantanamo Bay watch this a few times, and they will tell us everything. I am sorry to all of you who liked it, but isn't there an alienated teen movie out there that is at least funny?