High Fidelity (2000)
Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Sara Gilbert ... (see more) , Dick Cusack
In a biting romantic comedy, Rob Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music the old-fashioned way -- on vinyl. He's a self-professed music junkie who spends his days at Championship Vinyl with his two employees, Dick and Barry. Although they have an encyclope... (read more) In a biting romantic comedy, Rob Gordon is the owner of a semi-failing record store in Chicago, where he sells music the old-fashioned way -- on vinyl. He's a self-professed music junkie who spends his days at Championship Vinyl with his two employees, Dick and Barry. Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed with the music scene, it's of no help to Rob, whose needle skips the love groove when his long-time girlfriend, Laura, walks out on him. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.
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R, 1 hr. 47 min.
Directed by:
Stephen Frears
Release Date: Mar 31, 2000
DVD Release Date: Sep 19, 2000
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"What came first? Music or the misery? Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" Thus begins an iconic story and performance of the modern tendency towards glorification of pop-culture ass... (read more) "What came first? Music or the misery? Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" Thus begins an iconic story and performance of the modern tendency towards glorification of pop-culture associated sentiment and relationship repetition. John Cusack is the charmingly roguish relationship repeater, doomed to repeat the same or similar fuck-ups in his relationships, until such time as he does something different. In meantime his emotional life is wholly given over to emoting to musical numbers that speak to him and making song collections to trade with his music-o-holic friends. Yes, this movie is one that almost every Baby Boomer on down to the most current crop can relate too, including the relationship repetitions. Fact is, what we don't resolve in one, we leave to work out in the next, as our hero repeatedly discovers. Jack Black is the stand-out for laughs, along with Tim Robbins. Cusack is Cusack, is almost always Cusack, and the big-hearted likable-fellow who needlessly turns to people as a refuge from his own decision-making fallibility seems to carry-over into all his roles. Over-praised as a film, it seems like it would work well as a sit-com rather cinema. As it is, the content speaks aptly enough, and it's pretty damn funny, if not discomforting for holding up a fairly accurate mirror.
Having A Healthy Level Of Skepticism Is What This Is All About. It Is When Being Skeptical Controls Your Life And Is The Norm That Life Can Become Dangerously Unsatisfying. It's Frustrating To Watch But This Story Hits The Right Chord With Me..I Can ... (read more) Having A Healthy Level Of Skepticism Is What This Is All About. It Is When Being Skeptical Controls Your Life And Is The Norm That Life Can Become Dangerously Unsatisfying. It's Frustrating To Watch But This Story Hits The Right Chord With Me..I Can Totally Relate...How Depressing Is That!??
All those "top 5" lists were getting old about half-way through, but otherwise a good film!
To watch a movie, after you've been up for 30 hours straight and not fall asleep, but to also enjoy it, that makes a good movie. Sadly, I haven't red the book, but the storyline simply, kicks ass!! I loved the parts when Rob Gordon (John Cusack) was ... (read more) To watch a movie, after you've been up for 30 hours straight and not fall asleep, but to also enjoy it, that makes a good movie. Sadly, I haven't red the book, but the storyline simply, kicks ass!! I loved the parts when Rob Gordon (John Cusack) was also kinda liek a narrator or sth. Great acting, JB was good as usual, nothing special, but not bad. One thing was the plot, another thing was the music. High Fidelity's soundtrack is simply awesome. To but it simply, it's a nother, must see movie!
Lovely, lovely movie about a man finally growing up in regards of his feelings and his job. Lots of music included!
High Fidelity
#8 - Best Movies of the 2000s
#1 - Best Movies of 2000
John Cusack and Jack Black (among others) are perfectly-cast as music geeks that own / work in a modern Chicago record store and prattle off Top 5 Lists all day. The movie capture... (read more) High Fidelity
#8 - Best Movies of the 2000s
#1 - Best Movies of 2000
John Cusack and Jack Black (among others) are perfectly-cast as music geeks that own / work in a modern Chicago record store and prattle off Top 5 Lists all day. The movie captures what it might be like to hang out with them. Screening: DVD.
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A funny, perceptive movie about pop music, a man's confused passions for records and women, and the lure of perpetual teenagehood.full review
Movies this wry and likable hardly ever get made.full review
Every single actor here rises to the occasion.full review
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