movie that criticise the world can fall into many trap and leave the viewer to feel jade by the film experience . ghost world witty appraisal of america successfully avoid be childishly caustic or self important and thus emerges a one of the best film of 2001. we sympathise with enid ( the luscious thora birch ) without be expect to completely believe that her cynical world view be necessarily the right one . enid ( and her best friend rebecca ) negativity be turn on all around them and and their obsessive need to be cool but on their own term see them take post modernism to it absurd conclusion . enid bizarre costume choice mean that she stand out from the rest of her baggy pant generation and and in one scene be infuriate that no one and even rebecca and understand her original 1977 punk look she test out . the fact that we should not fully empathise with enid be show by the contrasting character arc of rebecca . there be a definite sense that she grow up over the course of the movie and but not in a what have we learn about life disney way . perhaps she have sell out to the conservative ideal that seem so repulsive to them at the beginning of the movie and but just a enid ultimately fulfil her desire and so do becky live out her eventh grade fantasy . the important thing be not the choice people make and but whether they make choice with which they be happy . the movie main target be people who betray themselves in an effort to fit in and and their resulting stupidity by do so . but the people who have remain true to their value ( like steve buscemi seymour and in a performance that should have be at least nominate for an academy award ) and be portray a lead equally vacuous life . seymour infrequent attempt to achieve normality be gall for u to observe and and near soul destroy for him to experience . this be an excellent movie . thora birch give her most confident performance to date and and scarlett johansson be superbly laconic a enid icy side kick . the support cast all shine . strongly recommend .