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7.1/10 • 1.5K

2001-07-201h 51m

ComedyDrama

Accentuate the negative.

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls’ friendship.

Directors
Terry Zwigoff
Editors
Michael R. Miller

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  1. Thora Birch

    Thora Birch

    Enid

  2. Scarlett Johansson

    Scarlett Johansson

    Rebecca

  3. Steve Buscemi

    Steve Buscemi

    Seymour

  4. Brad Renfro

    Brad Renfro

    Josh

  5. Illeana Douglas

    Illeana Douglas

    Roberta Allsworth

  6. Bob Balaban

    Bob Balaban

    Enid's Dad

  7. Stacey Travis

    Stacey Travis

    Dana

  8. Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

    Charles C. Stevenson Jr.

    Norman

  9. Dave Sheridan

    Dave Sheridan

    Doug

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CinemaSerf

Feb 19, 2025

6/10

Despite some decent efforts on display here, I couldn’t help but think I’d seen it all before. It’s school friends “Enid” (Thora Birch) and “Rebecca” (Scarlet Johansson) who have just finished school and have, hitherto at any rate, been determined to live together whilst they abandon education and get jobs. It’s fair to say that these two women are a bit on the periphery of their community. “Enid”, especially, with her blue hair and punk affections fancies herself as a bit of an artist and has disdain for just about everyone else. To alleviate their boredom, they answer an ad in a lonely hearts type column and encounter the rather sad character that is “Seymour” (Steve Buscemi) to whom neither take much of an instant shine, but with whom “Enid” begins to become friends - without acknowledging that it was them who not only replied to his advert, but who also left him high and dry once they had seen what he looked like on their supposed date. With this friendship taking an unpredictable path and “Enid” gradually managing to distance herself from just about everyone else, it might be too late when she eventually realises the short-sightedness of her ways. At times this is quite a quirky and wittily written coming-of-age drama, but I couldn’t find enough from any of the characters here to care about. We were all selfish and opinionated at that age, with little respect for anything that didn’t meet our (not very exacting) standards, but that doesn’t necessarily make for engaging storytelling. The production seems overly designed to exacerbate the issues from their largely self-inflicted problems and poor life choices, and though Buscemi comes across as quite natural with his portrayal of a nerdy character I felt this film strived to make the bleeding obvious a more pedestrian tale of teen angst than create anything fresh or innovative. Maybe I am just too old, but this didn’t do much for me, sorry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7,000,000.00
Revenue
$8,800,000.00
Keywords
female friendshipbased on comichigh school graduationbest friendhigh school friendscynicalsocial outcastart classrecord collectorplasterpersonal adblues musicnunchakuprank telephone callaftercreditsstinger