High Fidelity

Mar 17, 2000

1h 53m

★ 7.1

A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.

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".

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Romance

Music

Production Companies

Touchstone Pictures

Working Title Films

Dogstar Films

New Crime Productions

High Fidelity Trailers

Cast

Rob Gordon

John Cusack

Laura

Iben Hjejle

Dick

Todd Louiso

Barry Judd

Jack Black

Marie DeSalle

Lisa Bonet

Charlie Nicholson

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Liz

Joan Cusack

Ian Raymond

Tim Robbins

Vince

Chris Rehmann

Justin

Ben Carr

Sarah Kendrew

Lili Taylor

Penny Hardwick

Joelle Carter

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7.5

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8.2

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6.9

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6.9

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6.8

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1.0

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7.3

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6.6

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