Review By Mahlini
Thuraiselvam
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February the month of
love, relationships, ex-girlfriends, boyfriends and
High Fidelity! Now if you are an avid relationship
cultivator whose luck is running low at the moment,
then this is the movie for you.
John Cusack plays the
role of Rob Gordon the owner of Championship Vinyl, a
record store that caters exclusively to the non-popish
genre of music. Pretty neat store eh? … wish there
was one like that in Malaysia. Now if you have watched
other Cusack movies ("Con Air", "Grosse
Pointe Blank" "The Thin Red Line") you
will find he is the perfect actor to play a man
pondering the top 5 reasons why he gets dumped all the
time. There are splashes of intelligent humor thrown
around to the right and sarcasm to the left.
As the movie progresses
the answers to Cusack's questions will become evident
to us the viewers. But it's interesting to learn the
rationalization of a relationship from a man's point
of view.
At the record store,
Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black) play the two
employees who never quit...literally. Now these two
spice up the movie with their own warped theories
regarding any issue under the sun. What I like best
about the two of them is the Top 5 songs selected by
them for different occasions i.e. funerals, weddings,
etc. The utter seriousness of the selection puts a
smile on your face.
So if you regard
yourself to be an authority on non-popish music &
a relationship enthusiast then put your skills to the
test and check out this movie!
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