i be surprise to find that ghost world be a comic book adaptation . the film be full of quirkiness and a same time embracing of geek or dork as well a pity them . we start with two semi outcast high school student graduate high school . from then and we primarily follow enid ( thora birch ) and who find herself in an existential phase of her life and have escape from her hated experience and but find herself in a meaningless and pointless world and with little direction of her own . and this be a comedy that somehow work and even when burden by such philosophical weight . the comedy in ghost world be not the gut bust type and but rather the quiet situational type that amuse . at the same time and a we laugh at the nerd and geek and freak and dork and dweeb that inhabit ghost world and the film work to humanize them in our eye and raise a sympathy for them . suddenly their eccentricity seem less strange and more interesting . and like enid and we find ourselves draw to them . this film have a bit in common in term of tone with the heavy american splendor as well a the lighter napoleon dynamite and feature an offbeat humor style and complete with curious character . despite the comedy and this film be a drama at it core and deal with a youth entry to the real world and complete with all it harshness and disappointment . a we watch the film and we see her best friendship with rebecca ( scarlett johansson ) test and struggle with young love and infatuation and try to find her way in a world that doesn not fee her direction and but ask her to discover it for herself . and like many young people and she find it very difficult to deal with the responsibility . and in the drama and we find the heart of the film and watch enid with compassionate eye through her struggle . steve buscimi complete the primary cast a seymour and a jazz or blue geek who enid take on a her first mission once she graduate and find in him a sort of spiritual corollary . the performance be solid and with the humor play deadpan and the drama dramatic . the direction be of the classic invisible hollywood style and the pace of the film be fine . i think the end be a little bit of a cop out and but i guess that how some story go . i think it be a good and quirky little film and if youre a fan of those kind of film and i would recommend ghost world to you . positive .