Fantastic!

Expected more

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

When I first saw this movie as a kid I had no idea what this movie was about. Just thought the title "Ghost World" made it seem like a fun movie. I thought maybe it would be something similar to movies like "Pleasantville". With the two girls dealing with supernatural activities in a very awkward manner. However this movie is about two awkward hipster girls in a strange suburban area. These are the most cynical female duo that see the negative in just about everytthing while constantly judging others. Especially the girl named Enid. They basically go around putting people down that is almost as depressed as they are. While trying to diminish others from having a bit of hope. Because they are sad about their own existence. Kind of like some of the groups out there that puts out some of the most illogical causes. While trying to put others down for trying to achieve just about anything and thus go around acting like they are superior to everyone else. Watching this movie was like watching acts that can make you very hated by others. From the girl duo, I especially disliked the girl Enid. She is even mean to her only hipster friend Rebecca and tries to drag her down as well. You know those people that claim to be your friend but is the biggest anchor on your side. Well that is Enid in this film. Watching this movie was like watching the journey of one of the most annoying female leads ever and yet it's engaging. Mainly because of the bizarre style of it all and it's direction. How it doesn't compliments and endorse the actions of the lead but you kind of feel bad for her in the end to a degree. Although she is a anchor, her only friends are insecure people like herself. She is a character that bashes on things she find childish, but isn't ready for adulthood either and wants to grasp on to her childhood despite it all. It even shows the biased actions of a radical feminist teacher to kind of show the similaries between the two. Although this film does get a bit annoying after-awhile with it's constant showing of mockery and hypocrisy. This is a watchable movie about a girl that is running from herself and wants to be anyone but herself. I did like the subtle messages around the imagery and characters with their motives and why they do the things they do. 7.5/10

This movie: ''Ghost world'' was a very good and nice movie. It reminded you the years when you were on school and the casual and lazy behavior as a teenager who is ready to become adult. Rebecca wants to become independent. She wants to leave away from her parents just like the most teenagers. Also I found out many differences between America and Greece. In Greece , my country , teenagers aren't so eager to go work . The ideology that exists here is that children must study at university first and then they will work with ''dignity''. Also I saw that Enid's father was very tolerant and he gave her the chance to decide for her future instead of my country . Here, parents decide for their children future and they impose their decisions . If the children react to this properly studying then the situation will be OK but if they don't then they are pressured from their parents to find a work to live. I can say that in America there isn't the same misery which there is in Greece. The pattern that all children follow is work marry children work and death. And this is supposed to describe LIFE. Enid is a different character . She is unconventional , she doesn't want to follow the same path , she feels the injustice that there is in society . When she reacts to that she becomes a ''foreign'' person that needs to be excluded from society . She tries to find a purpose in her life , a person that might have the same interests with her and this person is Seymour . I can say that Enid is an arrogant person because at the same time not only can compromise with the society but she doesn't want to study at university to get a major role in her society trying ,with that way , encounter the way that things are. Enid once mentions that wants to kill her self and I believe that this confession marks her whole character. She is a frustrated person .her mother has died , her father wants to marry the hateful stepmother . She is confused , she doesn't know what she wants ( scholarship for art class) and I believe that typifies all the teenagers of her age that are at the same situation or a similar one. I believe that Enid has psychological problems because when you are thinking suicide , when you are talking to old men its not a normal behavior but a divergent one . On the last scene Enid left with the bus . Is this means that she wants to do a new beginning or she has bored her life next to her father and she cant deal with the ''bad'' and suspicious society ? This up to you.

I'm not that good at expressing my thoughts into words but this movie is simply amazing. It's vastly underrated and it stars two amazing actresses. Thora Birch, from American Beauty, my all time favorite movie and Scarlett Johansson from Lost in Translation, my second favorite movie.If you haven't seen this movie, go out, see it. It's so worth it. It's about making your way through life after high school, finding yourself, the feeling of not fitting in. Something we've all been through. It really expresses the feelings of every teenager who's ever been depressed.

Considering the quality of the cast, the lack of cohesion in the interaction between them must have been quite hard to achieve, barely any interaction between Birch and Johansson had any fluidity or credibility to it.The lead character was weak, and is based on a very shallow and cold angst that would be a brief phase at most, her friendship had an even less believable foundation and with the exception of Steve Buscemi's character and performance, the entire film reminded me of cheap porn, without any of the sex scenes.Ironic is about the only thing I can say for this, though I doubt it was trying to be. It constantly took digs at the world of the arts, and yet it is only this world that will appreciate this style of film. I expect good reviews, as to give something like this a poor one would probably be considered uncultured in such circles. When it ended, or didn't as the case pretty much was (the pseudo ending 5 minute shorter would have been better), I was glad, solely as it was over.