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High Fidelity
From the Swindon Advertiser, first published Friday 4th Aug 2000.
MUSIC junkie Rob Gordon (John Cusack), the manager of a record store called Championship Vinyl which specialises in rare LPs, is miserable because his relationship with girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) has just gone belly-up.
Frustrated by Rob's unwillingness to commit, Laura has traded him in for Ian (Tim Robbins), a new age guru with more hair than dress sense.
Somewhat emotionally stunted, Rob expresses his feelings as top five lists: Top Five Reasons I Miss Laura, Top Five Songs For Letting The Person Know Who Dumped You Know That Even Though They Broke Your Heart You Can't Get Over Them . . . that sort of thing.
He is convinced that Laura won't make his Top Five All-Time Break-Ups, but after careful consideration, reluctantly awards her a new entry at number five.
Determined to find out whether she is destined to rise to the top of his chart, he re-establishes contact with all of his old flames.
Translated from London to America, High Fidelity (15) could have been an unmitigated disaster, a pale imitation of Nick Hornby's ribald bestseller.
Thankfully the scriptwriters Cusack among them treat the material with care and reverence, retaining the distinctive character of the book.
Rating: 7 out of 10
By Steve Webb, swebb@newswilts.co.uk
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