One of Cusack's top five performances.

Rating: 7/10 (2 April 2000)

High Fidelity: Rob Gordon is the owner of an alternative record store, who along with his two co-workers, spends his time making up top-five lists and generally coasting through life. As he sifts through the debris of another relationship that has crashed and burned, he slips into a deep blue funk. Unable to figure why he keeps failing at love he decides to contact the women involved in his worst break-ups and ask them to answer his question "What is wrong with me?" Of course, he may not be ready for the answer.
John Cusack has proven himself as a versatile actor in a variety of roles ranging from "Say Anything" to "Being John Malkovich". Funny, intense, quirky, and generally likeable he appeals to many viewers, and this role is no exception. Rob is a composite of many guys I have known (including me) and rings true: the quintessential confused post-breakup male who is not yet cynical enough to abandon all hope of finding the perfect person, but ego-bruised enough to try and "fix himself". Whenever the soliloquies or subject matter are getting too heavy, Jack Black steps in as the comic relief pinch-hitter.
To say that Barry -one of the eclectic employees at Championship Vinyl - is frantic is a gross understatement. He could be the poster child for Ritalin. Pompous, unrelenting, and possessed of a mean streak a mile wide, he is also hilarious and there is never a dull moment when he is on screen (luckily for Cusack it is not that often).
One of the best "relationship" movies I've seen in a long time.