High Fidelity (2000)
Country: US/GB
Technical: Technicolor 114m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor
Synopsis:
When his latest girlfriend walks out on him, thirty-something record store owner, Rob Gordon, reflects over his 'top five' break-ups in order to answer the question: what has gone wrong?
Review:
From the author of Fever Pitch, and transposed to Chicago, this sophisticated comedy features an ingratiating Alfie character who has really simply refused to grow up, gathering his records around him like a protective cocoon and clinging to his past conquests for comfort. The movie cannily flatters its audience with the hipness required to appreciate the script's more cynical observations while finally indulging their need for a feelgood affirmation of the very quantities - romantic and musical - it has treated with skepticism.
Country: US/GB
Technical: Technicolor 114m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor
Synopsis:
When his latest girlfriend walks out on him, thirty-something record store owner, Rob Gordon, reflects over his 'top five' break-ups in order to answer the question: what has gone wrong?
Review:
From the author of Fever Pitch, and transposed to Chicago, this sophisticated comedy features an ingratiating Alfie character who has really simply refused to grow up, gathering his records around him like a protective cocoon and clinging to his past conquests for comfort. The movie cannily flatters its audience with the hipness required to appreciate the script's more cynical observations while finally indulging their need for a feelgood affirmation of the very quantities - romantic and musical - it has treated with skepticism.
Country: US/GB
Technical: Technicolor 114m
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Lili Taylor
Synopsis:
When his latest girlfriend walks out on him, thirty-something record store owner, Rob Gordon, reflects over his 'top five' break-ups in order to answer the question: what has gone wrong?
Review:
From the author of Fever Pitch, and transposed to Chicago, this sophisticated comedy features an ingratiating Alfie character who has really simply refused to grow up, gathering his records around him like a protective cocoon and clinging to his past conquests for comfort. The movie cannily flatters its audience with the hipness required to appreciate the script's more cynical observations while finally indulging their need for a feelgood affirmation of the very quantities - romantic and musical - it has treated with skepticism.