In my top 5 movies about record store owners

Rating: 7/10 (16 June 2008)

"High Fidelity" is built around record-store owner Rob Gordon (John Cusack), a guy who's hit a mini-crisis and decides to track down why his relationships with women have turned disastrous by contacting his long string of ex-girlfriends. He makes up a Top 5 list (something he does frequently) of his most damaging relationships and tracks these women down. In the middle of this he keeps running his snobby record store with pals Dick and Barry (Jack Black, in his breakout role).
The film is all about a man on a journey discovering why he's become the man he is and making decisions to change his future. This is all good, but the film will be remembered for it's focus on making mix tapes and Top 5 lists (the best of which are "Top 5 Monday morning songs" and "Top 5 best first tracks on an album"). Good laughs and an interesting story.