"He's so weird that he's almost glorious." So said the main character Enid about his classmate. That’s what I say when it comes to this movie. Not to say that he somehow strongly hooked me or became a fascinating spectacle, from which it is impossible to break away. Nope. This is a quiet art house tape about two friends who did not enroll after school, and deliberately. Everyone is looking for themselves, although everyone sees themselves in different places in the future. Rebekah does not want anything extraordinary, she needs a family, a job, a decent income and a stable life. Enid is completely at odds with himself. She's rebelling against anything ordinary. This is expressed in her way of dressing, in her reaction to her classmates and to school, to the work that lies ahead of her. She is a pretty smart girl, adequately reacting to changes in her life, because she becomes an adult, but still there is hope in her soul that she will not have to make independent decisions, that she will forever live with her best friend in a shared apartment, without thinking especially about marriage, about building a career or something similar in her opinion “ridiculous” and “banal”. She doesn’t have any ideas for the future. Many would call her a goalless and unmotivated person who has no dreams. But in fact, not all teenagers from childhood know what they dream about. She is looking for herself, looking for her niche, goes to drawing lessons and hangs out with her newfound friend, a music lover, a weak-willed man of 40-plus years, a shy bachelor. She can't hold on to any of the jobs because she can't communicate without her sarcasm and evil irony. It's her summer. She's just defining herself. At the same time, she is quite an interesting person, at least because she notices everything around her in detail. She is interested in people, although she does not know how to communicate with them. Here, for example, she is terribly interested in Seymour with its small statuettes, perfectly ordered by a huge collection of records, she is interested in an old man who has been waiting for a bus that will not come for several years.
In the rest, I personally have nothing to catch in the picture. I do not think the problems of this heroine are close, even she is not the same way as everyone else. I don’t think this movie is too important for the film industry. You can probably think about it, it is multi-layered. And yes, it's the bus scene in the finale... it means something. Interpretations can be different. From “To the one who waits” or “the ghost bus goes to the ghostly world”. Of course, in a fictional world, Enid will be easier. You can sit here for a long time and think. It’s a very beautiful scene.
Acting works of young Torah Birch ( "The Pit", "American Beauty") and Scarlett Johansson are simply expensive. Steve Buscemi again created just a great image. He's an interesting actor, but his teeth -- my God, I'm distracted by his vampire teeth.
In principle, there is nothing more to say. Laconcino will allow myself to praise the film for its unusualness in showing ordinary teenage life and the conciseness of the creators.
7 out of 10
Please delete the review, as it actually relates to the movie Ghost World (2001). Sent here by mistake.