High Fidelity

Offbeat romantic comedy with an intelligent script. A record store owner (as in: vinyl LPs) gets dumped by his girlfriend, and looks back over previous breakups in an attempt to come to terms with his situation. Aiding (or hindering) this process are the two youths who help out at the shop, as well as the singer that he develops a crush on. The ex-girlfriends are played by a string of Hollywood beauties.

113 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language) .
Comedy, Romance

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

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Credits

Cast	John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Joan Cusack, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tim Robbins
Director	Stephen Frears
Screenplay	D.V. DeVincentes, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg, from the novel by Nick Hornby
Music	Carter Burwell, Howard Shore, Elton John
Cinematography	Seamus McGarvey
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2000
Produced by	Dogstar Films, New Crime Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Working Title Films

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Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Movies for Africa Ian Douglas	13
Movies for Africa Lydia Roode	5
Cape Argus Peter Frost	10
Cape Argus Adrian Monteath	10
The Cape Times Jean-Pierre Rossouw	15
The Star Janine Walker	14
Die Burger Herman Wasserman	15
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
Rapport Paul Boekkooi	18
TV3 Screenplay Barry Ronge	16
SAfm Screen & Co Alan Swerdlow	17
eye Weekly Jason Anderson	15
Box Office Wade Major	13
Rough Cut Tom Cappello	17
Total Film Alan Morrison	15
Film Review Clayton Hickman	15
What the People say
Internet 3183 Netizens	16
Average .. 70%	14

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: My only real problem with this movie -- which certainly is fresher than most things out of Hollywood, as well as having an insightful script -- is who the target market is likely to be: the constant references to artists from bygone eras will lose the youngsters, and the techno soundtrack will not appeal to the older generation. Which may result in limited success at the box office.

Jodi Rosenthal (20): This is movie is about music and the people who are obsessed with it - I related. The acting is superb, the script is fresh and exciting, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Anyone who appreciates a sharp, intelligent and funky film will enjoy it. It's target market are people who enjoy life and find meaning in lyrics of songs.

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High Fidelity

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 70%

Visitor Comments