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Jack be nimble...
I intensely disliked Nick Hornby's book High Fidelity - in fact, I dislike pretty much everything that Hornsby stands for in contemporary British literature, and so I only ever came to see this courtesy of losing in a game of Scissor-Paper-Stone at the video store. It's one game I'm glad I lost.

This is a terrific, intelligent comedy, set on fire by the outstanding performances of the cast, but especially the comedy double act of Jack Black and Todd Louiso, John Cusack's geeky sidekicks at the record store.

Black, in particular, should take credit for converting a half-chance record-store geek role one of the most accutely observed and and perfectly executed comedy supporting roles in all of motion picture history. Black utterly steals the show, which is saying a lot, as Cusack himself completely nails the lead character, in whom all males of a certain generation will intantly, and horrifyingly recognise themselves.

High Fidelity almost loses impetus in the middle, but pulls itself around with a storming finale in which, appropriately enough, Jack Black features, in a scene stealing act.

The fact that Cusack et all were able to craft such a winning film out of such an irritating book earns this effort the big rack of five in my book.

Funny
This is a funny movie about a guy named Rob Gordon (John Cusack) who is going through a crisis in which he does not know why all of his relationships have failed. He owns a record store in Chicago that is set in the backstreets where not many people find it, so he is having trouble with business. His friends are Barry (Jack Black), who is snobby and won't allow customers to buy "crap" music and does not sell records to people he does not like, and Dick (Todd Louiso), who is the more quiet of the two who does not try hard. He is upset over the recent breakup with his 2 year girlfriend Laura (Iben Hiejle) and meats with former girlfriends to find out what his problem is with love. Catherine Zeta Jones plays one of his former girlfriends. Rob makes many asides to the audience that are hilarious, and the movie is worth watching. It also has a great soundtrack.

A Great Pop-Culture Flick..
Forget all the naysayers and just sick back and enjoy the ride!
Being a longtime John Cusack fan, I admit to being more than a bit biased, but I LOVED this movie. I thought the screenplay was sharp and witty, I enjoyed Jack Black's portayal of a SERIOUS music snob, and the inclusion of an unbilled Catherine Zeta-Jones as Charlie is a stroke of brillaince!
Since I'm a pop culture fanatic and even more obsessed with music, I thought the "top 5" lists were really cool (I guess because I do the same thing myself).
Just for the fun of it, here are my top 5 "first songs, first side" (to see if me and the record shop guys agree)
1.) "Time's Up" (title track)-Living Colour-1990
2.) "I'd Have You Anytime"-(All Things Must Pass)-George Harrison-1970
3.) "Searchin'"-(Thought Ya'Knew)-CeCe Peniston-1994
4.) "Bring It On"-(SEAL)-Seal-1994
5.) "Too High"(Innervisions)-Stevie Wonder-1973

See? Wasn't that fun? Well, if you enjoyed my little excercise, then you'll love "High Fidelity". While it's not a life-altering movie, it is solid entertainment, especially for those of us who are wounded casualties of the dating scene. A winner. Don't miss it!

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