Ghost World (2001)

Recommended

USA/UK/Germany

Feature Film
Director: Terry Zwigoff
Writers: Daniel Clowes, Terry Zwigoff
Cinematographer: Affonso Beato
Composer: David Kitay
Cast: Thora Birch, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, Brad Renfro, Illeana Douglas, Bob Balaban, Stacey Travis

Although the plot doesn’t hold up to much scrutiny, Zwigoff’s entertaining comic book adaptation – chronicling the first tentative steps taken by two lifelong friends into the adult world – is a heartbreakingly beautiful portrait of lives growing in different directions, and a sad statement about the impossibility of individuality in today’s society. Iain.Stott