

High Fidelity
A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.
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".
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7.1/10
2,280 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $30M
- Box office
- $47.1M
- Language
- Danish
- chicago, illinois
- rock 'n' roll
- music record
- disc jockey
- pop
- ex-girlfriend
- music journalist
- relationship problems
- record label
- flashback
- breaking the fourth wall
- fear of commitment
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Director
Music
Produced in
United Kingdom, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film Festival17 Mar 2000
- TheatricalR31 Mar 2000
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1520 Jul 2000
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM17 Aug 2000
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A31 Mar 2000
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1427 Oct 2000
FranceFR
- PremiereDeauville American Film Festival3 Sept 2000
- Theatrical126 Sept 2000
- PhysicalDVD11 Apr 2001
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- PremiereMunich Film Festival28 Jun 2000
- Theatrical1213 Jul 2000
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1510 Nov 2000
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1220 Jul 2000
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1821 Jul 2000
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT7 Jul 2000
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG3 Mar 2001
Frequently asked questions
High Fidelity was released on 17 March 2000.
Audience reviews
4- J9/10
John Chard
7/6/2015
What came first - the music or the misery? High Fidelity is directed by Stephen Frears and adapted to screenplay by D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink, John Cusack and Scott Rosenberg from the Nick Hornby novel. It stars Cusack, Jack Black, Iben Hjejle and Todd Louiso. Music is by Howard Shore and Cinematography by Seamus McGarvey. Record store owner and compulsive list-compiler Rob Gordon (Cusack), embark's upon a w…
- J8/10
JPV852
1/4/2021
Seen this one a few times over the years, still great each viewing with John Cusack in his element, might even argue should've been nominated for an Oscar. I'm not a music fan but still liked that element and features a good supporting cast. **3.75/5**
- W5/10
Wuchak
7/27/2022
**_Romantic head games become tedious_** Released in 2000 and directed by Stephen Frears, "High Fidelity" is a romcom/dramedy starring John Cusack, as Rob, the owner of a Chicago record store, co-starring Jack Black and Todd Louiso as his two employees, Barry and Dick. When Rob's relationship with his live-in girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle) falls apart, he reflects on the five worst break-ups of his dozen years of…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
2/8/2025
“Rob” (John Cusack) is a thirty-something who owns a record shop and is starting to feel a little mortality as he reviews five of the relationships that have peppered his life. That’s not including the two people who clutter his life on a daily basis. Those are the geeky “Dick” (Todd Louiso) and the brash “Barry” (Jack Black) who have been imposing themselves on “Rob” and his customers with their diverse varieties of…
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