Great movie, if you don't mind very strong language

Rating: 7/10 (3 April 2000)

John Cusack has consistently turned in understated, very funny, and sharply insightful comic performances. It's great to see him offer cynical truths that force us to reflect on some of our own funny brokenness. This movie is full of this kind of bleakly offered, yet amusing reflection.
High Fidelity is also very funny in many other ways, and though the conclusion is somewhat routine, the journey is anything but. And the journey is what we're here for anyway, isn't it?
Unfortunately though, there is constant profanity, strong sex talk and some relatively frantic (though funny) sexual imagery and this keeps me from recommending it for anyone who might be offended by this.

I wish Cusack and his co-writers, as well as director Frears would have contented themselves with less vulgarity (in both language and imagery). I think it would have been just as funny and insightful.