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GHOST WORLD

Director:

  Terry Zwigoff
  

Year Released:

  2001

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

3 out of 5

3 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Bob Balaban
  Thora Birch
  Steve Buscemi
  Illeana Douglas
  Scarlett Johansson
Movie Haiku:Quirky dramedy about a young woman (Birch) who doesn't know what to do with herself after high school. The performances are all good & the art direction (costumes, sets, use of color) is intruiging, but the pieces just don't come together. Maybe that's the point, but we wanted more.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2001