Film

Ghost World 2001

Directed by Terry Zwigoff

  • Comedy, Drama
  • 111 min
  • R

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Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

ComedyDramafemale friendshipbased on comichigh school graduationbest friendhigh school friendssocial outcastart classrecord collectorplasterpersonal adblues musicnunchaku

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Spare, intimate, classical in form and character-led.

  • sparerichly built
  • intimateepic
  • classical in formformally daring
  • character-ledplot-driven
  • contemplativerelentless

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