enid ( thora birch ) say to her father and a he tell her where she could apply for a job . the film encompass surrealism and depression and teen angst and people who feel disenfranchise . basically and everyone . a one reviewer mention and it be not a formulaic disney movie and nor be it a gothic depressive movie and like disturb behavior or other teen movie . this film actually stand out on it own and and the performance be excellent . steve buscemi be believable and sympathetic a the local loser who enid and her friend decide to stalk . ileana douglas portrays enid art teacher ( classically quirky ) . enid be require to take art class for the summer for retard loser she tell teri garr and her father girlfriend . enid and her friend find the world out of school have little more to offer the hypocrisy of graduation while when the class president speak represent i like her so much good when she be a crack head johannson sneer . classic . enid also reflect that she will miss the geeky classmate who she will never see again a familiar sense that what be to come may also be a disappointment . the underlying theme of seymour ( buscemi ) collection of 78 and and a lost world and be touch and effective . he work a a vp at what be formerly know a coon chicken . enid develop an interest in this and and bring the logo to her art class and where douglas commend her for her awareness of the subject . yes and there be place like that and seymour say and now it be less out in the open . the possibility that we all live in a ghost world of our own be not just a remote possibility . this film be excellent for it creative portrayal of disenfranchisement and discontent and and the humor that save u from despair . johansson offer comic relief when enid visit her at the local coffee house where she work represent . mostly i just want to kill everyone . the starkness and impersonal environment of the strip mall and the sidewinder where brad renfro make slushies and the fake 50 diner where weird al work all these place be familiar americana . hopefully john malkovich will make a sequel . positive .