another formulaic Cusack flick, complete with sis, Joan

Rating: Null/10 (18 February 2004)

Hubby (psydocsteve) and I usually see eye to eye on movies, but High Fidelity is one of the exceptions. He loves it, I pretty much hate it. Cusack is the weak link in this baby. The plot (?) has potential and the support is stable (funnyman Jack Black is the only reason I didn't walk out of the room) but Cusack ruins it for me. His constant whining to the camera and everyone else in the flick is so tiresome. He is perpetually on the edge of a furious tirade, yet at the same time milquetoast. I didn't feel any empathy -or anything else- for this uninteresting character This could have been a lot funnier with a different star. It's the same Cusack movie, complete with his sister Joan, recycled in a different package. Sorry, hon, you'll have to watch the Cusack flicks when I'm at choir practice!