Excellent adaptation of Hornby's book.

Rating: 10/10 (10 April 2000)

While most movies that have been adapted from books fall flat (Stephen King's "The Stand" comes to mind), "High Fidelity" was a brilliant effort. I can't recall seeing any other movie adaptation that followed its literary counterpart so closely. There were a few minor differences, additions and omissions, but all-in-all, the cast might have been reading the script straight from the book.
Cusack plays Rob Gordon with just the right amount of bitterness and low expectation. Jack Black plays Barry *perfectly*, every bit as annoying as the book character was. Todd Louiso as Dick, the introverted record geek, was also perfect, particularly in the succession of scenes when Ian (Tim Robbins) is in the record shop.
10 out of 10 for style, plus several million for everything else.