If you REALLY wanted to screw me up, you should've gotten to me earlier.
-Rob

The reason this film works so well has nothing to do with the music or the record store itself. The characters portrayed are universal. You could replace the record store with a comic book store or a sports bar without changing the characters or much of the story. That's not to say that the music and it's references aren't an enjoyable part of the film, they most certainly are. It's just not what makes the film good.

Most men that have been in more then one relationship, or even been through as little as one break up can identify with Rob Gordon (John Cusack) on…

77/100

Wrote a fairly lengthy review at the time, in which I came down perhaps a little too hard on Ms. Hjejle—Laura's ordinariness, for lack of a better word, is not just intentional but crucial, as this is, somewhat incredibly, a light Hollywood comedy about the fine art of settling. Friends of mine argued back then that Hornby and/or the movie are too soft on Rob, but while it's not a scathing portrait, neither does it let him off the hook; there's a ghoulish sort of hilarity in his delusional celebrations when women tell him things he ought to be shamed by, culminating with the use of "We Are the Champions" after Laura says she hasn't slept with Ian/Ray ("yet")…

"What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? "

When a movie opens with these lines you know you are in for a treat.

Top 5 Reasons to love this movie.

1. John Cusack - He plays the heart broken, in need & desperate lover to perfection. I personally think he is the best for the role. Him in this some…

Is there a film with as much emotional truth as High Fidelity? Maybe Annie Hall, and Linklater's Before Sunrise/Sunset but not much else. And those films doesn't feature the pop culture snobs that I so strongly resemble and relate to.

I watch this movie every time a relationship doesn't work out. Obviously I've seen this movie a lot. It doesn't get old. It has a warm, likable feel that a lot of movies can't capture when they're trying to be this clever. Most movies simply don't reach out and grab me nearly as much as this one does.

Rob is a record store owner who spends the majority of the movie recounting his past relationship experiences. John Cusack's performance is…

(The big review number two-hundo!)

So I was expecting to absolutely love this movie. As a little preface I should note that the first proper grown-up book I read was High Fidelity and it was when I was about fifteen, meaning I've put off watching this movie for about five years. I expected when it finally came round to it I'd love the movie just as much as I loved the book, and still found that it "spoke to me" and I could relate to it in some way. Not so, unfortunately. I should note that it's not for lack of good adaptation. As far as I'm aware High Fidelity sticks to it's source quite well, and everything that I…