I saw this movie years ago, and revisited it this weekend.
I thought it was a great movie about two friends. The primary characters are Enid (Thora Birch) and Rebecca (Scarlett Johanssen), two recent high school graduates who start out with similar thoughts on how to proceed into adulthood but ultimately drift apart. Both actresses were snarky, and they felt very "real".
The supporting cast of characters is quirky and fun. Seymour (Steve Buschemi) is so weird, but there's something immediately identifiable about him.... a vulnerability, but also a jaded cynicism and a confidence in who he is.
It's not a typically Hollywood happy ending, and it's vague and symbolic, but I'll leave it at that so as to not spoil it.
It was a great movie. I don't like artsy movies that I feel are pretentious. Black comedies are more tongue-in-cheek because you don't take things too seriously. In the field of black comedies, it was very smart, entertaining, and oddly satisfying. I would rank it up there with Pulp Fiction, Napoleon Dynamite, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
Sometimes life isn't about happy endings. With that understanding, movies like this can be oddly satisfying.
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