At last - a love story for the lads!

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2002)

I've not read nor seen any film based on books by Nick Hornby. Perhaps I should. High Fidelity at last gives us a love story from a guy's perspective, complete with angst, compassion, self pity and sex
Rob Gordon (the ever dependable John Cusack) is a record store owner and a compulsive "list" maker. Talking to the camera, he recounts his five worst relationship break-ups, including his latest one; he then realises his need to contact each of these previous ladies to see if he can establish where he went wrong
In addition, the day to day life at the record store goes on
Now, this may sound bland and uninteresting, but it is, in fact, a remarkably poignant and compulsive look at the male ego and how it stands up to rejection. And while it doesn't deliver a massive load of belly laughs, it's quite impossible not to watch without a silly grin on your face