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Summary: It Reminded Me of Why I Hated Being a Teenager
Review: This is the most realistic view of life as a teenager in a nowhere place. I enjoyed this movie greatly and I found it to be like my own town and it also remined me of my high school days. One of my favorite characters was the flakey art teacher that tormented Enid about her work. It reminded me of my own art teacher. I also liked the guy in the mullet the hung around the local convience store. It is a funny yet sad movie at the same time. It shows that even after you graduate high school the world is a cold and cruel place at times and that you can't act the same way you did in high school. I also liked how they showed that friends can drift apart even when they still hang out at time to time. I think anybody that hated every high school cliche' should watch this movie. It is one of the best.
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Summary: Great movie!
Review: I've alway been of the opinion that American Beauty was terrific due to a great screenplay, terrific direction and fair acting.Thora Birch seemed to have terrific range in that movie as an actress, but that could have been editting and direction. In Ghost World, she makes me wonder if she was what made AB great. This terrific movie boasts some remarkable dialogue, excellent cinematography and very tight directing. More importantly it boasts a living heart that is often imitated in film but very infrequently to success. These girls make you care about them. They're terrific, funny, a little cruel but definitely very human. If I have a critique, its that the plotline was a little weak. But in truth, the nature of its living heart means that the plot is like that of life, vague, mostly not-there and intriguing. Go see this flick. You'll be happy you did. By the way, among the unknown cast members, the shirtless fellow with the nunchucks was a wierd little standout...who in heck was that? Oh, and last, why wasn't Terry Garr's name (she's nearly unrecognizable in this film) in the credits? Its not even that she did this film incognito...Maxine, her character in the movie, isn't even listed in the credits.
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Summary: re: special features
Review: It should simply be noted, that had the makers of this DVD chosen to do what DVD makers so rarely do(i.e. go all out), they could have included
a lot more in terms of alternate/deleted scenes. When I saw that said "alternate/deleted scenes" were to be included on the disc, I had high hopes that some of the stuff referred to in the (considerably different) shooting script would be included: the different ending, Enid's dream, and her fling with Josh, all of which more closely mirror events in the graphic novel. Suffice it to say that none of those things are included. In fact, all four of the 'alternate' scenes appear in the movie, in some form or another. Hey, the movie is still the movie and it's great, but I for one was disappointed because I was aware of the wealth of deleted material that could have been included. On the other hand, I found the uncut 'Jaan Pechan Ho' clip to be alot more entertaining than I would have expected.
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Summary: best movie I have seen in a lond time, Medicore dvd release
Review: This is a great movie and one very few people are even famailir with. I had not planned on buying it actaully and would have not even seen it it till it hit pay per veiw in about six weeks but I was at the store looking around and saw it was out early and said what the hey and went ahead and spent twenty bucks and bought it with the beverly hills cop 1 and 2. I got home and opened the dvd and inserted it and was doumbfounded how great the story was. Steve Buessmii and Theora Birch should get oscar consideretion and the supporting cast of illeina Douglas and Scralett Johnson were good also. The only reason this is not getting five stars is dvd, It is a medicore release in terms of features I mean Bubble boy even has a commeentery track not that anybody would listen to it. Why did it not have atleat one, Another Mgm title I own Whats the Worst that could happen actaully has two as does Legally Blonde. This is a smart, Funny sad and charming movie all at once. So many movies have no intelligiance this one does. The movie is rated R for frequent profinity, But there is no sex or violence so if you are 14 it should be okay. In canda its rated 14a. The dvd does have a few features the theaatrical trailer which I had never seen before,a music spot for the soundtrack, Princess Bride and Termintor dvd spots, A few altrenate scenes, a rare music clip for Jaun Pehee Cahnn Perfomed by Mouhmand Rafi I did not really care for this and don't see why its on here and a brief 12 minute featuretee featuring intreviews with cast and crew.If the dvd had more features it would be nice, but am sure when this movie wins some award a new special edtion will be released and to tell you the truth I don't even mind buying it again.
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Summary: Wonderful, underrated movie
Review: It's a shame that junk like "Tomcats" gets a wide release while gems like this, "Ghost World," never make it to the big movie theaters. Terry Zwigoff directs this film, an adaptation of the comic book by Daniel Clowes. Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson star as two recent high school graduates who, the summer after their senior year, begin to grow up and grow apart. Birch strikes up an odd relationship with a reclusive music lover played by Steve Buscemi ("Fargo"), which only serves to further the wedge between the girls. It's difficult to say what this movie is about, except to say that it's one of the most original coming-of-age stories done in years, something that will very much be worth looking for on video.
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Summary: Filming in the World of Ghost
Review: I went to see this film with this one thought "This Should be Interesting at the Least." I was right this was the most interesting TEEN comedy that differentiated the qualities of female teenagers and the realisation of the characters own self. This is miles ahead of other TEEN comededies of the American Pie movies and the Scary Movies. This film has quirky humour (instead of the gross kind) and at the same time realises thruth in both the characterisation and in the way the characters are viewed and the relationship between that and the way the two female leads view everything else. Enid and Rebbecca the leads are realised characters and are viewed as confident yet patrenising (in terms of the way they treat the world) twosomes. The quirky humour is balanced between the naturalastic feel to whole settings of each scene. Overall the film boasts fantastic performances and rewards a great viewing for all ages with a mental age above 15. After the viewing of this beautiful masterpiece. The Graphic Novel, which the film is based on is also a great read. Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff have done a rewarding adaptation of the comic which started it all. Ghost World + Human 15+ = A Rewarding Experience
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Summary: Comic Book Adaptation is a Poetic Depiction of Reality!
Review: I have never read Ghost World, but I am a writer and an artist, and found the film to be well done, and depicting life in a deep thinking, poetic manner. The acting is great, the story is so true to life, that it should get some awards if it hasn't already. Ghost World depicts the lives of two friends, and how their choices affect their lives in very dramatic ways. A must see.
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Summary: These ghosts are real
Review: This film belongs to Thora Birch. Expanding on her American Beauty character Birch demonstrates an uncanny knack of bouncing other characters off her own with no attempt at scene stealing or undercutting. As Enid she plays a recent high school graduate who in contrast to her only friend Rebecca, played by Scarlett Johansson, finds herself living in a world given over to vacuous banality and pretense. The increasing alienation scares Enid and she armors herself with heavy boots, a series of costumes & a sketch book and defends her fragile hold on sanity with cutting sarcasm and put-downs. Unlike Rebecca for whom this type of disdain is merely a convenience Enid is not popular & knows it, hence her gradual rejection of 'cool' and increasing interest in the affairs of Seymour (Steve Buscemi) a collector of archaic 78RPM records and other nefarious vintage material. The history of this film, unconventional director Terry Zwigoff (Crumb) and the semblance of plot are discussed elsewhere & in any case nothing more than an open mind is necessary to appreciate the scathing critique of American Pop. Phony is routed out and exposed in every possible way and co-opted victims wander like zombies through their assumed personifications. The fact that these erstwhile comic book creations are now being played out by animate human beings lends a pathos difficult to define. Enid's father, (Bob Baliban), his fiance 'The Maxine', (Teri Garr), Seymour's room-mate, the clown like employees at restaurants, movie houses, book shops, Enid's air-head art instructor (Illeana Douglas). None are spared. As Enid begins to realize that she has crossed a line with no hope of return her search becomes more frenetic and unpredictable. Her relationship with Rebecca crumbles. Seymour becomes a victim & Enid herself departs in a hauntingly allegorical final scene, beautifully filmed against a blueish background of telegraph poles, concrete, mindless grafitti and the emptiness of Americana. There is comedy here, fortunately, but Birch with a mastery reminiscent of the young Jodi Foster plays her part straight to the very end & end it surely is. Any other interpretation is as fanciful as the 'cool' now so blatantly issuing forth from every media source and advertiser nation wide. If you liked " You Can Count On Me" see this film. It is a companion piece in every sense.
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Summary: Very true to life, and a near masterpiece.
Review: Terry Zwigoff is one of the most interesting voices in American cinema, having begun making documentaries (if you haven't seen "Crumb," you've missed the quintessential American documentary of the 90s), and now triumphing again with "Ghost World," the most accurate portrayal of life after high school that I've seen on film. An awkward summer in the life of two friends is the basic plot, however it's the decline of their friendship, Kubrickian in style and pace, which made this film for me. Steve Buscemi is perhaps as his absolute best, understated and quiet, and obviously the most glorious supporting actor of this past year. Actresses Thora Birch and Scarlett Johannsen are great as well. Though the ending is somewhat overdone, it's a near masterpiece, and this DVD will be one to buy.
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Summary: Hilarious and Bittersweet
Review: Enid and Rebecca are a pair of outcast slackers who have just finished their senior year in high school. Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) takes a job in the local coffee shop, while Enid (Thora Birch) must complete a remedial art class in order to earn her diploma. Their relationship is strained as Rebecca tries to take the first steps towards financial independence, and Enid tries to decide what she really wants from life. They spend their free time dreaming about having their own apartment, making prank calls and co-existing with the weird denizens of their lower middle-class neighborhood - like the mullet-coiffed redneck who haunts the Sidewinder convenience store; the wheelchair-bound geezer armed with a laptop to cheat the coffee shop's trivia challenge; and Norman, who waits for a bus that will never come. One of their prank calls snares a lonely middle-aged dork named Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a quiet, insecure man who has a passion for collecting vintage 78-rpm records. Eventually Enid befriends Seymour, alienating Rebecca even further. Ghost World is based on the Daniel Clowes' underground comic of the same name. The movie is dry, witty and somewhat cynical - it's also a hilarious and bittersweet study of the disaffected youth of Generation X. It's quirky and engaging, with great visual appeal and a very cool soundtrack. It drags a little toward the end, however, and the ambiguous ending may frustrate some moviegoers. P.S. You'll be sorry if you don't stick around until the end of the credits! John C. Snider
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