Cusack conquers the role

Rating: 5/10 (1 December 2014)

I loved how this was filmed so that John Cusack (Rob) talks to the camera/audience while going about his messed up life as that of a record store owner and compulsive list maker. He really pulls you into the movie this way and its kinda hilarious watching him suffer an (I don't want to grow up) pre mid-life crisis as he recounts his top five breakups,including the one in progress.
I have to say though I actually preferred the book by Nick Hornby and I guess that's why I had a hard time with the Americanized version, I think this would have worked better had it taken place in England.
Cusack conquers the role though and is thankfully not as depressing as his literary version. Jack Black stands out as his wacky clerk, as does Lisa Bonet and an American (and very beautiful) Catherine Zeta Jones. 07.13