Review of Ghost World (2001) by Daniel P — 01 Mar 2012

Very little like anything I've ever seen before, and a charming exploration of what makes a dork - or a hipster, today - and what we should want out of life. The setting of the film seems to be inconsistent - is this a small-town, a mid-sized city, or what? - but the tone is well-struck, even better than in later imitators like Napoleon Dynamite and Juno.

I confess to having not read the graphic novel on which it's based, but from the film, for the life of me, I couldn't glean what the title meant. I'd have given it another half-star if I'd managed that.

Perfectly cast - Thora Birch in particular - and strangely enchanting, Ghost World is a winner, and hasn't lost any of its relevance 10 years later. See this film.