“Let the unsettling secrets of this outrageously funny and steadily engrossing meditation on the life of two high school misfits after graduation catch you by surprise. It’s that good. Extroverted Enid (Thora Birch) and her polar opposite Rebecca, acutely observed by Scarlett Johansson, live in a world of malls, franchises and trendy pop-culture references that don’t seem quite real to them. They share a crush on schoolmate Josh (Brad Renfro) and make some vague plans to find an apartment together, but each girl feels adrift and disaffected.
“Ghost World is the altogether original creation of Daniel Clowes, an underground comic-book illustrator. Clowes joined with writer-director Terry Zwigoff to bring his work to the screen. The result is a film like no other, an artful spellbinder that cuts deep. Watch Enid’s cynicism fade when she meets Seymour (Steve Buscemi), a fortyish record collector whose painful shyness can’t disguise his passion for music. The two outcasts form a bond, spiritual and sexual, that is the heart of the movie.” - Rolling Stone
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