High Fidelity Review By Paul Perkins
Do you remember you first 5 breaks ups how about if you own
a record score and always make a top 5 hit list and this time you make a top 5
worst break up. Based on the novel by Nick Hornby, High Fidelity is a
quirky comedy that explores the romantic misfortunes of the main character. Rob
is the owner of "Championship Vinyl", a music store that specializes
in LP's. Along with his assistants, Barry (Jack Black) and Dick (Todd Louiso),
Rob does his best to keep the shop open even so it does not make that much
money. Rob is a neurotic, and he obsesses over his lackluster romantic history.
Fond of making Top 5 lists, Rob has recently composed his
"Top 5 all-time break-ups", and he re-lives each of them in his head,
from a high-school sweetheart he kissed under the bleachers to the beautiful
Charlie (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who is even more self-absorbed than Rob. His
latest loss, however, has hit Rob the hardest, because he belatedly realized she
might have been "the one." Her name is Laura (Iben Hjejle), and, after
growing weary of Rob's general listlessness and unwillingness to commit, she
decided to leave him and move in with a former neighbor, new wave guru Ian (Tim
Robbins).
So what do you to if you was rob you will try to talk to all
your former girlfriends and find out why they left you and then check yourself
and change yourself so that you can get the one girl you love as in this case
with rob with make for a funny movie. When I saw the preview for this movie I
though how funny would this be and guess what I was wrong I admit it was so
funny John Cusack (Rob) did a fine job he is a good actor his last film was
Being John Malkovich and he was also funny in that one too.
This movie is base on the novel I have not read but
since I love the movie I am going to read the book. The Director Stephen Frears
(The Grifters, Hero) did a find job of showing the meaning of this film .All the
supporting cast was great also this is a movie you don’t what to miss get
ready for a laugh fest and it will make you remember you first 5 breaks ups.
4 Stars Out Of 5
Paul Perkins