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With acerbic wit, Terry Zwigoff fashions Daniel Clowes' graphic novel into an intelligent, comedic trip through deadpan teen angst.
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The greatest distinction of "Ghost World" is its singular spirit. Here's a dark, deadpan comedy about alienated kids that manages to be smart, surpassingly odd, extremely funny and mysteriously endearing at the same time. Apr 12, 2013 | Full Review…
The greatest distinction of "Ghost World" is its singular spirit. Here's a dark, deadpan comedy about alienated kids that manages to be smart, surpassingly odd, extremely funny and mysteriously endearing at the same time.
Joe Morgenstern
See it for Birch's hostile stare and Johansson's devastating monotone. Apr 12, 2013
See it for Birch's hostile stare and Johansson's devastating monotone.
David Denby
Most of Ghost World is funny, but the laughs are inextricably tied to the painful alienation and self-loathing that comes with living on society's fringes. Jul 14, 2010
Most of Ghost World is funny, but the laughs are inextricably tied to the painful alienation and self-loathing that comes with living on society's fringes.
Scott Tobias
By sharp turns poignant, disturbing and hysterically funny. Jul 7, 2010 | Full Review…
By sharp turns poignant, disturbing and hysterically funny.
Ken Eisner
It isn't a perfect film, but it's never less than strikingly original. Jun 24, 2006 | Full Review…
It isn't a perfect film, but it's never less than strikingly original.
Zwigoff pulls off something in Ghost World that seems a minor miracle -- he creates someone with a complex inner life. Apr 21, 2003 | Full Review…
Zwigoff pulls off something in Ghost World that seems a minor miracle -- he creates someone with a complex inner life.
Manohla Dargis
A blend of old and new leaves the film with a timeless feel, one that emphasizes that no matter what significant changes society undergoes people are pretty much the same. Oct 30, 2018 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A blend of old and new leaves the film with a timeless feel, one that emphasizes that no matter what significant changes society undergoes people are pretty much the same.
Sean Mulvihill
Ghost World is animated by a tension between Seymour's 78 rpm universe and Enid's dedication to a punk etho Apr 24, 2018 | Full Review…
Ghost World is animated by a tension between Seymour's 78 rpm universe and Enid's dedication to a punk etho
A.S. Hamrah
Ghost World is very funny but also very perceptive, and it offers Steve Buscemi one of the defining roles of his career. May 31, 2017 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Ghost World is very funny but also very perceptive, and it offers Steve Buscemi one of the defining roles of his career.
Matt Brunson
While this isn't a showy or flashy movie, it has social, psychological, and ultimately mystical overtones that raise it leagues above most other teen-centered comedies. Apr 12, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
While this isn't a showy or flashy movie, it has social, psychological, and ultimately mystical overtones that raise it leagues above most other teen-centered comedies.
David Sterritt
The modest yet redeeming triumph of Ghost World is the offhand way it brings to the screen a streak of American dark humor that is dour, resilient and unexpectedly infectious. Apr 12, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
The modest yet redeeming triumph of Ghost World is the offhand way it brings to the screen a streak of American dark humor that is dour, resilient and unexpectedly infectious.
Michael Sragow
A top draw adaptation of a cracking comic-book. Jul 9, 2012 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A top draw adaptation of a cracking comic-book.
Film4 Staff
A film worthy enough to have Steve Buscemi as a romantic lead! Didn't see THAT coming. Thora Birch and Scarlett Johansson nail it as too nominally self-aware babes in an all but oblivious world, it shivers me timbers! See it.
Super Reviewer
Dull and listless despite the good cast.
Nothing comes close.
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