High Fidelity

United States, United Kingdom

2000

113 Min

Color

1.85:1

Danish, English

Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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SCR D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack, Scott Rosenberg, Nick Hornby

CAST John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joan Cusack, Tim Robbins, Bruce Springsteen

High Fidelity follows the ‘mid-life’ crisis of Rob, a thirty-something record-store owner who must face the undeniable facts – he’s growing up. In a hilarious homage to the music scene, Rob and the wacky, offbeat clerks that inhabit his store expound on the intricacies of life and song all the while trying to succeed in their adult relationships. Are they listening to pop music because they are miserable? Or are they miserable because they listen to pop music? This romantic comedy provides a whimsical glimpse into the male view of the affairs of the heart. –IMDb

Director

Stephen Frears

Frears was born in Leicester, England to an Anglican father and a Jewish mother. Attended the Trinity College in Cambridge before starting his carreer in television where he contributed to several high-profile series such as the BBC’s Play for Today. In the mid-1980s he came to prominence as an important director of British and later American films. It was his production of the one-off drama My Beautiful Laundrette for Channel 4 in 1985 that led to his notice as a capable film director when the production was released theatrically to great acclaim. He next directed another successful British film, the Joe Orton biopic Prick Up Your Ears in 1987, followed by a second film from a Hanif Kureshi screen play, Sammy and Rosie Get Laid. The following year he made his Hollywood debut with Dangerous Liaisons. Frears had another critical success with The Grifters, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director but suffered a major box office disappointment with Hero, starring… read more

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Lorena Brandão

2May13

Great!!

nowhere_fast

14Apr13

I don't particully lagreed with the end, but the history was very, very, very good. The soundtrack is fantastic. The musical references are fucking awesome. I related myself to the shoppers that judge people with bad musical taste. A very well made film, like The Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day Off.