great movie but probably not for everybody

Rating: Null/10 (18 April 2001)

I've seen this movie probably a total of ten times and certain scenes in it around a hundred. To me this movie gets better every time I see it. In my opinion it's a very well made movie about relationships and the way that people get through them. I think that the director and screenwriter did an excellent job transcribing a very British book into an American tale without losing any of the great dialogue or characterizations from the book. To those who saw this one time and panned it, I'm sorry you missed the things that others got from it but you know it's not for everybody, but might I suggest watching it with an open mind a second time. Having worked in a record store for most of my adult life I loved the way that the music fit into every scene and how it wasn't used just as background filler but in some ways was actually a character in the movie. Not as well used as in Almost Famous but close. Anyway suffice to say that I think this is a great movie that makes good use of it's characters and the music that many of us who saw the movie love. Cheers to Nick Hornby for writing a great novel and to Stephen Frears, John Cusack, Jack Black and all involved with the movie for taking such care in adapting it. Thanks for making a movie that record store geeks can call our own