After graduating high school, the offbeat Enid (Thora Birch) finds herself adrift, unsure of her future, losing touch with her best friend Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson), and befriending a record-collecting outcast named Seymour (Steve Buscemi). The film is based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes.
I first saw Ghost World when I was about to graduate high school, and I greatly identified with Enid's struggle to figure herself out. But! Lest I make this movie seem like a big downer, it actually has a lot of really funny moments...the crazy guy at the local convenience store twirling his nunchucks in the parking lot, the art teacher's creepy video, the "Satanists" that Enid and Rebecca follow around town, the "authentic blues" band screaming into their microphones. And the soundtrack is amazing...early jazz and blues, and a fun Bollywood tune that makes you want to dance with Enid in the film's opening.
Be prepared to laugh and cry...well, maybe not cry, maybe just sigh in a melancholy sort of way. Either way, a film this original with such strong performances will stick in your brain for quite a while. Give it a go and maybe afterwards you can rent "The Flower That Drank The Moon"...I hear it's glorious. ;)
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