Not What I expected but Excellent!

Rating: Null/10 (8 August 2000)

I went to see High fidelity with mixed feelings about the film. From what I had previously heard and see it looked like this was going to be another 'romantic comedy' with little or no imagination put into it at all. How happy I was then to be proved wrong. This film does involve romance and it is a comedy, but this time viewed from a male perspective, unlike so many. The narrative given by John Cusack's character is excellent, as is the whole script, which grips the viewer from start to finish. I don't normally like romantic films but this was one which subtly blends the romance in with humor and cutting social and psychological obeservations. True, it did feel as though it was perhaps a little too long, but in no way should this detract from the film as a whole. I remained interested right up until the end. All in all a fantastic movie about relationships, but about what men feel about relationships this time, fantastic stuff!