enid ( thora birch ) and rebecca ( scarlett johansson ) be two close friend who have just graduate from high school and and be try to decide what to do with their life . enid be a dark haired arch cynic who be tire of living at home with her ineffectual dad ( bob balaban ) and his annoyingly perky girlfriend maxine ( teri garr ) and while rebecca be pretty and a bit cheery and but no more certain about her future . while the two girl have vague plan of get an apartment together and they seem content to while away their summer hang out and indulge in their share infatuation with josh ( brad renfro ) and a friend from school who work at a convenience store and doesn not seem to be especially attract to either of them . enid discovers that in order to get her diploma and she will have to take an additional class over the summer and where she wind up study art with roberta ( illeana douglas ) and who be determine to encourage enid creative impulse and whether enid like it or not . enid meet seymour ( steve buscemi ) and a geeky record collector more than twice her age and and while they would seem to have little in common ( and rebecca think he a creep ) and enid discovers a kindred spirit in fellow misfit seymour and who share her disgust with the world around them and and a relationship begin to develop between the two . i find ghost world a very enjoyable movie and but it be sad too . i think the mullet man in the convenience store be hilarious . i think steve buscemi and one of my favorite actor do an outstanding job in this movie a do birch and johansson .