A nice narrative comedy

Rating: 9/10 (14 April 2000)

High Fidelity is brought to screen by John Cusack (not only as star, but also as co-producer and writer) with some good taste. He talks to the screen through most of the film about love's labors lost. He goes through some bad relationships, then we see the romance kick in with his current date (Iben Hjejle). Not all of this is funny though. The humor comes with Cusack's employee's at his record store (Jack Black and Todd Louiso) which were pretty good at what they shouldn't do (not acting wise). Black was my favorite character (besides Tim Robbins and his guru type of man) because he reminded me of a Jeff Anderson from Clerks.
Not the most terrific script, but some good acting and interesting scenes pull through. A-