High Fidelity Reviews

It's Jack Black who started scoring more film work based on his turn; he's hilarious as a record-store slob who's so contemptuous of the customers that he would just as soon chase them off as listen to their opinions and requests.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

While the second half is a pleasure, it's the first half that's less impressive. I've seen this deadpan narrator with the bottled-up angst so many times that I looked to the lines and the minor characters to see me through.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

Easily makes it onto my top 5 John Cusack movies list.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

Funny, neurotic, and charming, but not for kids.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

In his best Zeroes performance, John Cusack traced Rob's realizations and reconciliations with resonant thoughtfulness and wit - the worst-case scenario of Lloyd Dobler after Diane Court was done with him, resigned to life as an old, sad bastard.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4

The title lies--this comedy's delights rate strictly on the lo-fi scale, which is indicative of the appealingly laid-back vibe.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

High Fidelity propose ainsi une vision réaliste et jamais boursouflée d'une époque où le passage à l'âge adulte aura été repoussé, dans certains cas, de près d'une décennie

Full Review | Original Score: 8/10

Between Cusack's work on co-writing the script for "High Fidelity" and his priceless performance lies the rock 'n' roll heart and soul of a guy for whom audiences deserve to stand in line.

Full Review | Original Score: A

I can't see how anyone would not like this film.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

If you can put up with all the archness and self-consciousness--there's quite a bit of both--this is an enjoyable romantic comedy.

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Cusack meets Hornby's British self-consciousness with his own American brand, adding his Cusackian knack for romantic yearning.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

Watching them all interact has the feeling of...well...a finely crafted mix tape.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4

Mr. Frears has managed for the most part to retain the velocity of the narrative without sacrificing the psychological coherence of the characters.

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When you see John Cusack being cool in a movie, you want to be him. And even though that's an adolescent's game, I haven't stopped playing it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4

I enjoyed the film - twice! I related!

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A finely tuned piece of work.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5

Instead of 'happily ever after,' we're left with a new beginning, a possibility of renewal.

Full Review | Original Score: B

...rolls in stretches, but might have rocked if Frears could have gotten Cusack to turn down the volume.

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Cynical and amusing.

Full Review | Original Score: B-

Like a wonderful piece of bubble gum that explodes with a rush of flavor then slowly fades away, High Fidelity delivers bright jolts of entertainment that never coalesce into anything substantial.

| Original Score: 3/4

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