Directed by:
Stephen FrearsCinematography:
Seamus McGarveyComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Drake Bell (more)Plots(1)
A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites. Ever since a brief liaison under the football benches in grade 7, Rob Gordon (John Cusack) has been cursed with a romantic hex. All of his relationships seem to hinge on some essential bond and every time, Rob blows it. Now he owns a semi-failing record store called Champion Vinyl and toils over his current possible break-up with Laura. This leads to Rob examining his Top Five Break-ups of all time. Along for the ride are his two wacky clerks the hysterically funny rock snob Barry (Jack Black) and the more quietly opinionated underachiever Dick (Todd Louiso). Although they have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop music and are consumed with creating their all-time favourite top-five lists of songs it is of no help to Rob. Poppy, witty, quirky... High Fidelity is sure to make your all-time top five list for comedies with a bullet! (Disney / Buena Vista)
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What came first? Music or despair? And I could ask the same - what came first, film or despair? After all, Rob is like most of us, who drown in nostalgia, who sometimes get nervous, who make unintended mistakes, who think about what they would do differently and ponder the reasons for breakups. This film is filled to the brim with life truths, and for that, I forgive it even the few extended conversations about music. And even in thoughtful melancholic comedies, one can have an uncontrollable fit of laughter, just when Tim Robbins appears. "So it's agreed?"
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