Great fun.

Rating: Null/10 (24 January 2002)

Rob Gordon (Cusack) seems to has set his life to cruise control, spending all of his time talking music and nonsense with whoever`s around. When he`s dumped by his girlfriend, he gets something to really think about. And so, all his thoughts on commitment, relationships and things good and bad are brought to us in a pop culture wrapping; everything can be related to music, and music is always good conversation. And conversation is what this movie is all about. Great conversations on important and not-so-important matters.
"High Fidelity" can be compared to Wayne Wang`s "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face", since they are also of the rare breed of strictly dialog-driven movies. All are great movies, but "High Fidelity" gets a better score for it`s absolute perfect cast: John Cusack is brilliant in the lead role, his casual insecurity makes the role. Also a very wise choice to cast Iben Hjejle as the girlfriend; the character with the most debth. Jack Black is a natural born pain in the ass, and therefore an obvious choice, and Tim Robbins is absolutely hilarious as Ian (or was it Ray?). High Fidelity is just about the perfect all-round movie, it`s great fun with lots of laughs, while it at the same time gets a message through without pushing it in your face. One of those movies you can watch over and over again. Enjoy.