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Ghost World

  • Rated R
  • 1hr 51m
  • 90

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Terry Zwigoff

Producer:

Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith

Writer:

Daniel Clowes

Release Date:

Aug 3, 2001

Runtime:

1hr 51m

Synopsis

Two eccentric best friends graduate high school and respond to a man's romance-seeking newspaper ad as a gag, only to find their lives becoming increasingly complicated.

Cast

  • Thora Birch
  • Scarlett Johansson
  • Steve Buscemi
  • Brad Renfro
  • Illeana Douglas
  • Bob Balaban
  • Stacey Travis
  • Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
  • Dave Sheridan
  • Tom McGowan

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Metacritic

90
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Based on 31 Critics
8.1

USER SCORE (184)

Universal acclaim based on 184 Reviews
80

The results are both savagely funny and poignant for anyone who's ever had a friendship that felt like their only connection to the outside world.

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Metacritic review by Kevin Maynard
Kevin Maynard
Mr. Showbiz
75

In his first fiction feature, Zwigoff doesn't forget to bring the funny. But he doesn't bring enough poetry.

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Metacritic review by Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun
100

Offers an exquisite tour of the twilight zone between high school and the so-called real world, as well as between bohemian subculture and the even stranger culture of America at large.

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Andrew O'Hehir
Salon
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