Sweet, Pleasant, and Honest... With an awesome soundtrack

Rating: 9/10 (18 March 2000)

Everything about this movie made me feel good about myself. While i have not read Nick Hornby's novel, the story seems to ring a real brutal truth to it. Setting John Cusack as the main character was brilliant, as he is king of the "I screwed up my relationship" movie. The movie centers around his love for women and music and how he struggles to get over the most recent girl that he has lost. The film almost seems like a documentary, Cusack talks to the camera, like an actor on a stage speaking to the audience. He makes top five lists of everything from painful breakups to the best songs about death (which sounds morbid, but really isn't). Being brutally honest about how men deal with emotional pain is what makes this movie good. There are enough comic moments in the film to make Cusack's depression not so bad(the movie is a comedy after all). Jack Black is also very good as the most obnoxious employee ever. This film also has the greatest 80's soundtrack ever made, and I'm going to buy it for sure when it comes out. In my top five movies of 2000 as of 3/18/00, High Fidelity is #1.