Ghost World Reviews

Ghost World Review
by John Sylva (Rating: B+)
"We graduated high school. How totally amazing," muses the deadpan Enid (Thora Birch), thereby setting the tone for Terry Zwigoff's even more sardonic Ghost World, what may be the perfect companion piece to MTV's ingenious Daria. The film's based on...more

Ghost World Review
by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 3.5/4)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff. Screenplay by Daniels Clowes and Zwigoff, based on the comic book by Clowes. Starring Thora Birch, Steve Buscemi, Scarlett Johansson. Running time: 111 minutes. Rated AA for offensive language by the MFCB. Reviewed on March...more

Ghost World Review
by Dennis Schwartz (Rating: A)
GHOST WORLD (director/writer: Terry Zwigoff; screenwriter: based on Daniel Clowes's comic book series; cinematographer: Affonso Beato; editor: Carole Kravetz; cast: Thora Birch (Enid), Scarlett Johansson (Rebecca), Steve Buscemi (Seymour), Brad Renfro...more

Ghost World Review
by Jerry Saravia
It is rare to see a film that transports and moves me in such a way as to be breathtaking. A film that leaves me so ecstatic and excited by cinema all over again - a sublime experience in an era of dumbed-down, mediocre pictures. For the 1980's, "The...more

Ghost World Review
by Jonathan F. Richards
Terry Zwigoff made “Crumb”, the startling, insidiously brilliant documentary about cartoonist R. Crumb and his world-class dysfunctional family. With his first fiction film, “Ghost World”, Zwigoff stays on the underground comics reservation,...more

Ghost World Review
by Jerry Saravia
It is rare to see a film that transports and moves me in such a way as to be breathtaking. Not so much that but a film that leaves me so ecstatic and excited by cinema all over again - a sublime experience in an era of dumbed-down, mediocre pictures. For...more

Ghost World Review
by Karina Montgomery
I should say up front, my companions were highly unsatisfied with this movie. I myself did not think it was the greatest cinematic work ever projected, but I enjoyed the dialogue and the dynamic (slow to come and unresolved) between Thora Birch and...more

Ghost World Review
by JoBlo (Rating: 9/10)
PLOT: After graduating from high school, two girl best friends try to figure out what they want to do with their lives. In the meantime, they make fun of people around them, attempt to get real jobs and play a dirty trick on an older, lonely guy. That...more

Ghost World Review
by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4)
"I'm sick of everybody," angst-filled teen Enid (Thora Birch, AMERICAN BEAUTY) tells her older soul mate Seymour (Steve Buscemi). "Why can't I just do what I want?" Looking her straight in the eye, he shoots back the obvious question in reply, "What do...more

Ghost World Review
by David N. Butterworth (Rating: 3/4)
Although this weasel-y character actor has over 70 movies to his credit he's still not a household name. His face, however, is instantly recognizable, a cross between Willem Dafoe and John Waters on a good day--arched brow, thin hair, slightly crooked...more

Ghost World Review
by Dustin Putman (Rating: 3.5/4)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff. Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Stacey Travis, Brad Renfro, Teri Garr, Ashley Peldon. 2001 - 111 minutes Rated R (for profanity). Reviewed by Dustin Putman, August 5,...more
Ghost World Review
by Robin Clifford (Rating: B)
Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlet Johansson) are two malcontented teenage girls on the brink of graduation from high school and the very threshold of adulthood. Outsiders to their parents and peers, the girls carry on an almost non-stop caustic...more
Ghost World Review
by Laura Clifford (Rating: B)
Enid (Thora Birch, "American Beauty") and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson, "The Horse Whisperer") are best friends and determined outsiders graduating from High School. While Rebecca's set on getting a job and finding an apartment that she and Enid can...more
Ghost World Review
by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10)
Susan Granger's review of "GHOST WORLD" (United Artists/MGM) Unless you're familiar with Daniel Clowes' adult comic books, you might think this black comedy is about the supernatural. It isn't. It's about those plain, often-unnoticed folk who...more
Ghost World Review
by Christopher Null (Rating: 4/5)
It's been seven years since director Terry Zwigoff impressed moviegoers with his documentary Crumb, an uncomfortable look at pop comic artist R. Crumb and his disturbing, grotesque, dysfunctional family. Zwigoff's ability to make viewers squirm and...more
Ghost World Review
by Harvey S. Karten
Reviewed by Harvey Karten United Artists/ Granada Film Director: Terry Zwigoff Writer: Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff Cast: Thora Birth, Scarlett, Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Brad Renfro more