High Fidelity

 (2000)


  • User Rating 65 votes
  • Critics Rating 57 critics
  • Your Rating   

User Reviews

Turn it down.
Aug 09, 2008
orlandoiceman - yahoo.com
This movie is good for sadists. One guy wallows in his misery reliving all his old relationships. Best parts are everything not involving the main plot.... Full review
Uninterested
Mar 20, 2008
brigonzo - yahoo.com
I have just finished reading High Fidelity by Nick Hornby, and thought i had remembered a movie with the same name and decided to look it up. The fact that the first thing i read told about the movie being set... Full review
Just Okay
Feb 14, 2008
skertso - yahoo.com
John Cusack was his usual excellent self but overall the movie was boring for me. I simply couldn't relate to any of these characters. I suppose if one could you would really like the movie. I'd recommend watching it but don't... Full review
High Tolerence For Pain
Nov 08, 2007
comedyfan23 - yahoo.com
High Fidelity is a waste of film. This movie has no plot, no good actors, and no point. While watching this movie I constantly found myself thinking," 'is it over yet?', 'is it almost over?', 'wait a minute, they started another... Full review
Really Funny!!
Aug 10, 2007
rickthedoor - yahoo.com
This is a really great movie. I was laughing from beginning to end...I would say it's the best out of all three. Definetly worth your money!... Full review
Boring
Aug 03, 2007
baypacman - yahoo.com
High Fidelity is an attempt at deadpan comedy that simply doesn't work. John Cusack in this film appears to be heavily sedated which a major liability for the film. There seems to be an interminable number of scenes where Cusack is... Full review
Either Or
Jul 02, 2007
mkelly1036 - yahoo.com
You will either love this movie or think it is the most boring two hours of your life. Just look at Cusack's filmography; if you like most of those movies, you will love this movie. If not, go ahead and pass.... Full review
best star wars of all seven
Apr 22, 2007
sghammond03 - yahoo.com
being the best star wars yet, star wars fans had finnaly gotten there answer of how anikan skywalker became darth vader.this movie was grest,the acting was great, and the story was oscar winning.... Full review
High Fidelty
Apr 07, 2007
pgs48fy03 - yahoo.com
Recently I saw a movie that John Cusack was in and I really like it, so I decided to look for more of his movies. I was extreemly disappointed in High Fidelty. The Characters had very foul mouths and were hard... Full review
didn't care for it
Apr 07, 2007
agentsheldonjeffreysands - yahoo.com
everyone loves it. i didn't care for it. sure, catherine is in it but i just found it long and boring. maybe i'm not into all that music or romance. my loss, not yours. enjoy it, i didn't.... Full review

Critics Reviews

| May 06, 2009
Film School Rejects
Movies We Love: High Fidelity....It's sweet and sad, yet the humor is dead on -....Taken as a comedy, it's hilarious.....As a drama, it's heartfelt.....All of these are memorable, new classic scenes from a fantastic film, but the scene.... ... Full Review
| Feb 10, 2009
Philadelphia Inquirer
Compulsive hit parades of music, lost loves Rob, in fact, having just been jettisoned by the smart, beautiful Laura (Danish actress Iben Hjejle - pronounced: EE-ben YIGH-la, impress your friends! ... Full Review
| Oct 11, 2007
Matchflick
I could not imagine that Cusack and Jack Black could meld together and make a great movie, but they did. complete High Fidelity review by Emily) High Fidelity Movie Review by JR (1/23/2007) Anybody who is any sort of obsessive music, comic or movie fan should be able to completely feel at home with the movie High Fidelity. ... Full Review
| Oct 11, 2007
Matchflick
I could not imagine that Cusack and Jack Black could meld together and make a great movie, but they did. complete High Fidelity review by Emily) High Fidelity Movie Review by JR (1/23/2007) Anybody who is any sort of obsessive music, comic or movie fan should be able to completely feel at home with the movie High Fidelity. ... Full Review
| Sep 19, 2007
thephoenix.com
The Betas mad-scientist approach in the years following Blur-and-Oasis Britpop often yielded isolated rewards: the scene in High Fidelity where John Cusacks character piques the interest of his record-store customers by spinning Dry the Rain captures the bands potential for potent musical moments. ... Full Review

News

High Fidelity makers Stephen Frears and D.V. DeVincentis are eyeing a reunion on dramedy Lay The Favorite . Screenwriter DeVincentis will adapt Beth Raymer's upcoming memoir Lay The Favorite, Take The Dog , which follows a thirtysomething woman as she... ... Full Article

THE WASHINGTON POST Sunday, October 04, 2009 "Juliet, Naked," Nick Hornby's charming new novel about love and music, sounds like a song we've heard before, but who's complaining? ... Full Article

Fame
rte.ie2009-09-24
From the second the newly arranged opening bars of the legendary 'Fame' theme tune blasted out of the cinema speakers, I feared the worst. Would this be just a useless rip-off of the original 1980 'Fame' film and subsequent hit... ... Full Article

Some of the best celebrity cameo appearances in movies are rock stars, even if they're not actually playing music. One of my favorite moments with a musician appearing briefly onscreen is Bruce Springsteen in High Fidelity , the 2000 film... ... Full Article

Pull out your lighter, turn up the volume, and get ready to throw up the horns. This jammin' compilation is my top seven compilation of climactic movie concerts. ... Full Article

This production of the musical (based on the Nick Hornby novel and the film of the same name) will open Aug. 17 at Pipers Alley Theater , the longtime Windy City home of Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding . ... Full Article

Post Comment

Name (appears on your post)
Your Comment
1000 characters left. No HTML please.
 
Type the characters in the image above