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High Fidelity is a 2000 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears, starring John Cusack, Jack Black, and Iben Hjejle. The film is based on the 1995 British novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, with the setting moved from London to Chicago and the protagonist's name changed. Hornby expressed surprise at how faithful the adaptation ...
High Fidelity: Directed by Stephen Frears. With John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black. Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
- (191K)
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Stephen Frears
- 2000-03-31
2nd song at dinner. Rob explains why Charlie is awful. Mendocino. Sie Douglas Quintet. 1h 11m. Some guy asks Barry what he can play after seeing the sign on the door. The guys find out that Dick has a hot date. Most of the Time. Bob Dylan.
The film centers on Rob Gordon (John Cusack), a self-confessed music geek with a poor understanding of women. After getting dumped by his current girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), he decides to look up some of his old partners in an attempt to figure out where he keeps going wrong in his relationships. Rob recounts his top 5 breakups, Allison ...
Mar 20, 2000 · Top five reasons why "High Fidelity" is some kind of wonderful: (1) John Cusack's fresh, fearless and ferociously funny lead performance; (2) trenchantly witty and acutely insightful script; (3 ...
Mar 31, 2000 · March 31, 2000. 5 min read. In its unforced, whimsical, quirky, obsessive way, “High Fidelity” is a comedy about real people in real lives. The movie looks like it was easy to make–but it must not have been because movies this wry and likable hardly ever get made. Usually a clunky plot gets in the way, or the filmmakers are afraid to let ...
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Jul 20, 2000 · Set in Chicago (as opposed to the novel's North London) during the 80s, the film centres around thirtysomething, music fanatic, record shop owner Rob (John Cusack), whose life falls apart when his ...