A winning, enjoyable film that makes you laugh and think.

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2000)

Prior to seeing this movie, I hadn't watched much of John Cusack's work. I now plan to change that! First, let me say that I hadn't recently seen much that I've enjoyed...and I don't normally care for the crass, sophomoric dreck that passes for "relationship" movies, these days. Not so, with "High Fidelity." This is a work that emanates brilliance! The script is clever, literate and howlingly funny. John Cusack turns in a resounding performance as a modern everyman, seeking to understand why his relationships sink more thunderingly than the Titanic. Cusack's two side-kicks in the record shop his character runs, steal every scene they're in...and leave you holding your sides from laughing so much. Pivotal cameo roles by the like of Catherine Zeta-Jones also add much to the enjoyment of this campy, yet warm-hearted story. And for all the yucks and guffaws and howls (there's humor abounding), this story does have a point; and there's not much more I can say about that, without writing a spoiler, which I refuse to do. Simply leave it, that any man under forty might re-think a bit about his own reasons for having sunk a relationship or two. Here's two hours of great entertainment and solid film-making. Put it on your "gotta see" list, right now!