High Fidelity
"Hits All The Laugh Bases!" -Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
From the guys who brought you Grosse Pointe Blank comes the absolutely hilarious High Fidelity. John Cusack (Being John Malkovich) stars as Rob Gordon, the owner of a semi-failing record store located on one of the back streets of Chicago. He sells music the old-fashioned way, on vinyl, with his two wacky clerks -- the hysterically funny rock snob Barry (Jack Black) and the more quietly opinionated underachiever Dick (Todd Louiso). But Rob's business isn't the only thing in his life that's floundering -- his needle skips the love groove when his longtime girlfriend Laura (newcomer Iben Hjejle) walks out on him. And this forces him to examine his past failed attempts at romance the only way he knows how! For a rocking fun time, give High Fidelity a spin. It's sure to make your all-time top-five list for comedies -- with a bullet!
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Top 5 reasons why I love this movie! - farquh
I'm not going to give a list. Just watch this movie and you'll understand what I'm getting at!
Could this be John Cusack's best role? It is hard to imagine another leading man who could play this part and deliver such anguish and paid that Cusack does.
This film is based upon a book written by British author Nick Hornby. If you have ever read the book, you might wonder how they made the film version take place in the US, when it can be argued that the book is about England!
The film had everything - an amazing soundtrack, a great cast of characters, and both funny and heartwarming dialogue. A film containing all of these elements presented so well rarely comes along!
If you are a music fan of any sort, check this out!The realistic and insightful comedy to the hopelessness of relationships - napierslogs
"High Fidelity" is really not a romantic comedy. It's a comedy about the hopelessness of men and romance. Rob (John Cusack) is thirty-something and he owns a record store, but that's just because that's what happens after you break-up with a girl in college and you go into a stupor for days, weeks, months, years and when you wake up you have aged but not matured. The fact that Rob and his fellow record store employees are not mature is an understatement. And that's where the comedy comes in.
The narration of Rob's thoughts and the analysis of his "top 5 break-ups of all time" are hilarious. The overall consensus that men are stupid and women are from another planet is taken to extremes, but realistic extremes. I, too, was shocked that his ex-girlfriend Charlie (Catherine Zeta-Jones) was in the phone book! Girls like Charlie shouldn't exist, but I'm not surprised that people like Nick Horny and his alter-ego Rob find them.
Author Nick Hornby has an incredible talent for characterization; turning every day life into absurdities but back into realities and then making light of it all. Cusack fully embodies the immaturity and frustrations of slacker Rob, while Jack Black pours all of his manic energy into music exhibitionist Barry.
Set in a record store with music lists like "top 5 albums to play on a Monday morning", music is certainly a major part of "High Fidelity"—but not overwhelmingly so. It's funny and meaningful for snobs and neophytes alike, but preferably somewhere in between so you can appreciate their jabs at the smarter-than-thou indie-hipster scene.
Breaking-up may be hard to do, but "High Fidelity" does it with a pumping soundtrack, insightful humour, and immensely quotable and hilarious dialogue.
Follow my blog Napierslogs' Movie Expositions at http://napierslogs.blogspot.comAn all-time favourite - poppy1
This is one of my favourite movies and a cherished volume in a core collection that gets watched over-and-over again.
This is a great movie about relationships and how the ghosts of relationships-past can continue to haunt us. It follows one man as he navigates his latest painful break-up. In an attempt to figure out what he keeps doing wrong, he contacts his former girlfriends with unexpected results!
The best part? A great soundtrack that is much more than background noise but is a vital component to the plot.
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Top 5 reasons why I love this movie! - farquh
I'm not going to give a list. Just watch this movie and you'll understand what I'm getting at!
Could this be John Cusack's best role? It is hard to imagine another leading man who could play this part and deliver such anguish and paid that Cusack ...The realistic and insightful comedy to the hopelessness of relationships - napierslogs
"High Fidelity" is really not a romantic comedy. It's a comedy about the hopelessness of men and romance. Rob (John Cusack) is thirty-something and he owns a record store, but that's just because that's what happens after you break-up with a girl in college ...An all-time favourite - poppy1
This is one of my favourite movies and a cherished volume in a core collection that gets watched over-and-over again.
This is a great movie about relationships and how the ghosts of relationships-past can continue to haunt us. It follows one man as ...