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High Fidelity
The story is this movie is funny, charming and real. Having John Cusack and Jack Black in a movie together was brillant. They work off each other so well that I hope to see them in a movie together again. The story takes you through John's relationships, good and bad. I think this is one of John's best movies and I would definitely see it again.

The Elevators, baby, the Elevators
I agree with some of the other reviewers that I don't know which I like better, the movie or the soundtrack. But, one thing's certain, I was hooked right from the opening closeup shot of black vinyl spinning on a turntable, and the 13th Floor Elevators belting out "You're Gonna Miss Me". Any movie that opens with a song by the Elevators is bound to be cool.

If you're a music snob, like this reviewer (and most of the main characters in the movie), then this movie will probably be in your Top Five.

Total Fidelity.
At first I was skeptical when I heard that Nick Nornby's magnificient book was turned into a film with John Cusack in the lead, and even more skeptical when I found out that the action was moved from England to Chicago. However, this movie won me over in about five minutes' time.

I go to Wicker Park several times a month and always stop by to look at the shop which was turned into Championship Vinyl at the cover of Milwaukee and Honore. It is empty and covered over with boards. Although the entire neighborhood is thriving economically, for some reason there is nobody who ever rents out this particular shop. It's a quandary. Ever worse, there is no placard or memorial alerting visitors that this was the place where the action took place in one of the best films of the last decade. A pity.

I consider High Fidelity a modern masterpiece. Cusack is great and very believable as Hornby's main character, Rob. The lesser characters, especially the "musical moron twins", are superb as well. Jack Black is a very special supporting actor and this was the first time that I recall seeing him before. Tim Robbins, I hate to say it, once again displayed immense talent in the role of Ian who is Cusack's nemesis. High Fidelity was also my first sighting of the precious Catherine Zeta Jones.

The insight that there is something of your first breakup in every ensuing relationship strikes me as being quite true and a point with which most of us can identify. The pain that Rob feels throughout these (nearly) two hours is palpable, but it is balanced out by tremendous joy and humor. This Cusack vehicle is something that anyone can relate to as it embodies all of the basic human emotions like jealousy, sadness, loneliness, trepidation about the future, depression, exuberation, desire, and, most important of all, love. I have no doubt that some day you'll watch it at least half as many times as I already have.

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