Excellent comedy, true to the book

Rating: 8/10 (6 October 2001)

this is a delightful movie that has many extremely funny moments, and a few touching ones too. a romantic comedy which is very different from the regular run of the mill ones. this is because its based on a brilliant book by Nick hornby, having already read the book, the movie at times tended to be a bit stale bacause almost every line in the movie is from the book.
this is a touching, witty & funny story about a record shop owner, how he gets dumped by his girlfriend and how he discovers himself and finally at 30something grows up.
the movie in itself is quite enjoyable an entertaining, the book though is simply extraordinary and id recommend it ahead of the book. after u've enjoyed the book, you could watch the movie anyway. the movie fails in not capturing some of the things going through the protagonists head - come to think of it, it is difficult capture all of the complexities anyway and the movie has done a good job of capturing the core of the movie.

a delightful 8!