A well-thought-out movie about being single and 30-something

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2000)

Ever since The Sure Thing, I've been a John Cusack fan. High Fidelity tells the tale of a 30-something man who hasn't found his direction in life, someone who has drifted from relationship to relationship while ignoring the things and people that made him the happiest. His self revelation is not overly surprising, but was to me tremendously satisfying. The conflicting urges we all feel to see what is around the next bend, while simultaneously hang back and not commiting to the present and its potentials, are a large part of what makes us human. This portrayal of his struggle to figure out where his failures have been (or, more precisely, why he has viewed certain events as failures), is enlightening and well-acted. An excellent film.