Ghost World (2001)
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Reviews Counted:141
Fresh:130
Rotten:11
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: An intelligent and comedic trip in teen angst.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Terry Zwigoff finally follows up his 1994 breakout success, CRUMB, with this infectious, insightful, and ultimately sad look at teenage angst and boredom in suburbia that recalls such films as... [More]
Starring: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, David Cross
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Reviews for Ghost World
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his is 'teen comedy' of startling sophistication -- with horribly funny bits as well. A true original, with sharp humour, subtle detail and painfully realistic characters. Full Review |
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It isn't a perfect film, but it's never less than strikingly original. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Poignant, insightful, wryly humorous portrait of American teenage non-conformity -- a wonderful, distinctive film, with a great soundtrack and terrific performances from its three leads. One of the best films of the year. Full Review |
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Adeptly evokes the unbearable dullness of being 18, the precarious power play of female friendship, the torpor born from having to decide what 'other plans' you should make if you're not going to go to college. Full Review |
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3.5/4 |
A collection of perfectly memorable moments Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Directed with a real sense of visual assurance by Zwigoff, the film looks great and is full of clever little touches that make it come to life. Full Review |
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For all its weirdness and weightless suburban ennui, this is actually a very plausible, understated account of late adolescent pain. Full Review |
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4/5 |
A funny and moving paean to adolescence. Full Review |
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B |
...satisfying in ways that more than compensate for the film's soft ending. Full Review |
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5/5 |
If more people appreciated stories like this, movies and comic books would be better off. Full Review |
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B+ |
Based on Clowes' underground comic book, this is another tale of how the mediocrity of American subsurbs can suffocate its few creative denizens, all misfits of course, but it's extremely well acted by Steve Buscemi and Thora Birch . Full Review |
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B+ |
Zwigoff makes Enid's neighborhood a truly strange and haunted place, where plastic people robotically follow their society's norms, and those who resist are left angry, alienated, and without any ideas for how to survive. Full Review |
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4/5 |
É interessante notar como duas amigas, inicialmente tão próximas em seu cinismo e em sua presunção, se distanciam gradualmente, embora pouca coisa mude além do universo colegial que as cercava.
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There are bits of wicked humor, but Zwigoff begins by laughing at the kooks in Clowes' ghost of a world and never stops. The real crime is that Clowes is content to join in with him. Full Review |
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Zwigoff pulls off something in Ghost World that seems a minor miracle -- he creates someone with a complex inner life. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Another whiny white suburban teen chick anthem film, I thought. And then, I found myself pleasantly surprised that it was something more than that. Full Review |
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4/5 |
One movie that kids should really bring their parents to. Full Review |
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