7.5
The Road Home
1999
“A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.”
High Fidelity (2000)
March 17, 20001h 53mEN
7.1
2.2K votes
Overview
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".
Director
Stephen FrearsWriters
Where to Watch
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Status
Released
Original Language
Danish
Budget
$30.0M
Revenue
$47.1M
Production Companies
Touchstone PicturesWorking Title FilmsDogstar FilmsNew Crime Productions
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User Reviews
John Chard
9.0What came first - the music or the misery? High Fidelity is directed by Stephen Frears and adapted to screenplay by D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg from the Nick Hornby novel. It stars Cusack, Jack Black, Iben Hjejle and Todd Louiso. Music is by Howard Shore and Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey. Record store owner and compulsive list-compiler Rob Gordon (Cusack), embark's upon a what does it all mean mission when his latest girlfriend leaves him. Cusack and Pink take Hornby's hugely popular novel and redirect it to Chicago, with joyous results. High Fide…
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JPV852
8.0Seen this one a few times over the years, still great each viewing with John Cusack in his element, might even argue should've been nominated for an Oscar. I'm not a music fan but still liked that element and features a good supporting cast. **3.75/5**
Wuchak
5.0**_Romantic head games become tedious_** Released in 2000 and directed by Stephen Frears, "High Fidelity" is a romcom/dramedy starring John Cusack, as Rob, the owner of a Chicago record store, co-starring Jack Black and Todd Louiso as his two employees, Barry and Dick. When Rob's relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle) falls apart, he reflects on the five worst break-ups of his dozen years of dating. His past girlfriends are played by Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joelle Carter, Lili Taylor and Natasha Gregson Wagner. Tim Robbins appears as Rob's rival for Laura's affections w…
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