Fresh
High Fidelity, with its knowing take on men, messed-up romance and music, is like one long, hook-filled pop song for the eyes.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
High Fidelity
A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.
2000 · 1h 53m · R
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Directed by
Stephen Frears
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 and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A film pragmatic enough to concede that almost every relationship is doomed, but romantic enough to realize that it's worth it to carry on in spite of that fact, High Fidelity is one of the smartest and funniest romantic comedies of the past few years.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
When happiness does arrive in this movie, it has the air not of something that you reach, like your top speed, but of something that you give in to, like baldness or old age.
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
Rotten
Cusack has ineffable charm, but he keeps it tuned at the lowest possible frequency.
Manohla Dargis, L.A. Weekly
Fresh
As for Mr. Cusack, there's nothing potential about his stardom any more. He's the self-doubting, self-flagellating, self-ironic soul of "High Fidelity," and he's great.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
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