I’ve known and I know girls like Enid and Rebecca who are cool and have carts full of disturbing yet intriguing baggage, yet they’re all snatched up by dudes.

If you’re like me, meaning you’re shallow and into looks while valuing personality and sense of humor, here in SoCal you have to plan Delta Force action just to separate the cool chicks from their lucky and possessive boyfriends so you can get a shot at them. I’m not sure where all these hot, incredibly witty, yet hopelessly introverted and shy chicks that populate films like there are hiding out, but it sure isn’t my neck of the woods. Will they still move in together? Can one be responsible and bring home the bacon while the other is a tortured artist type with a penchant for focusing on hard luck cases? Although they both have their problems, how are both of these girls still single? But as they each face the real world (argh! jobs! responsibilities!) with differing success, their differences slowly emerge and their friendship is put in doubt. They were close-knit semi-rebels in high school, always together, never letting anyone else get close, and planning their lives together starting with moving into their first apartment that summer. Ghost World deals with the distressed duo and recent high school grads Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johansson) as they deal with their first post-HS summer. I realize that with that comparison made, everyone who voted Ghost World one of the best films of 2001 is now sending hit men my glamour shots. The Princess Diaries, which I swear I’m not trying to review in tandem here, is predictable and more than a little bit Disney-schmaltzy (I wanted to kill that so-called best friend!) but Anne Hathaway is fantabulous (especially with trimmed eyebrows) and the story is much more fulfilling and rewatchable. Weird, eh?ĭon’t get me wrong, Ghost World had its moments, most of them hitting in those fabulous first fifteen minutes, but ultimately it falls a little flat despite a perfect cast and effective setting. I would have never predicted that The Princess Diaries would be the more entertaining of the two, but that’s how the cookie crumbled. Kyle’s review: In the same weekend, I rented both Ghost World and The Princess Diaries. Kyle’s rating: Those first fifteen minutes or so are fantastic! And so is the comic book!

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