nycdude

Hi all,

I bought this movie as a blind buy and saw this last night. It was a great movie. It was both very touching and entertaining. A few parts made me laugh out loud. Think Duck scene.

This movie seem to be in the realm of Notting Hill and Bridget Jones Diary. It seems these "British" type films are definitely worth owning and repeat viewing.

JaxComet

I agree. This was also a blind purchase for me and it was well worth it....

shanester

I liked it a lot too!..I'm not a real big Hugh Grant fan but he was totally believable in this role.

.He didn't play his usual stuttering idiot which I find really annoying

That kid was incredibly charming also!..I love when he's listening to his cd shake your ass in the school hallway

DataZak

"Shake yo ass? Is he Moroccan?"

That line alone is worth at least half the price of the dvd.

BTW, bought the R2 version cuz it has a nicer cover.

Saxofonix

I first read High Fidelity a few years back, (before the movie was released), and I LOVED that book. I also thought the movie was a really good adaptation of the novel. It's not often that a movie manages to measure up against the original novel.

So I was quite excited later on to find About A Boy by the same author on a remainder pile in a bookshop .. but by the end of the book, I was disappointed that Nick Hornby wasn't able to write as an inspiring novel again as High Fidelity. The novel, About A Boy, was a disappointment. So I watched the movie, not expecting much .... and I have to say, for me, the movie exceded the novel. I was quite impressed with the movie. So that's a first for me .. the movie adaption bettering the original book.

thecrazydude

i liked hugh grant in this movie, but i hated the kid. i think they could have got a better kid for this movie.

kian69

I don't know, honestly i wasn't too crazy about this one.

sho kosugi

I'm not a big Hugh Grant fan, but I get dragged to all of his films.
I enjoyed this one a heck of a lot more than 2 Weeks Notice, and I'd say it's a good blind buy if you dig these types of films.
(Also supporting my theory that HG films are better when set in England.)

hipnerd

Overall Rating: 3/5

Directors: Chris & Paul Weitz

Starring: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz

Tagline: Hugh Grant is also vapid and self-centered on-screen

The Film: This is far and away Hugh Grant's best film. While that's not exactly like saying suicide was Hitler's finest gift to humanity, it's still damning with faint praise. Grant is perfectly cast, apparently as himself, as a selfish, idle perennial bachelor. The adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel masterfully offers what all filmgoers want -- a happy ending -- without making it too pat, too dramatic, or crushingly predictable. The cast has flair, and like the script avoids the sappiness and melodrama that Grant's inevitable redemption could have inspired.

Rating: 3/5

The DVD: The DVD does a great job of restraint. There's a brief documentary on the making of, a canned promo piece shot on a press junket. There are a number of extra scenes, a couple music videos and an interview with the one-man-band who did said music. If this had been a Peter Jackson film, there'd be three extra discs detailing how many hours it took to get just the right number of fronds of hair hanging down on Grant's forehead.

Easter Eggs: None.

Rating: 4/5

Five Degrees of Seperation

High Fidelity -- John Cusak's less faithful, more energetic adaptation of another Hornby novel.
Four Weddings and a Funeral -- for the fans of Grant's earlier, dewy-eyed fop schtick. You know who you are.
As Good as It Gets -- Jack Nicholson gets redeemed, too, only with more laughs and less edge.
Grosse Pointe Blank -- Cusak again, dark and funny and charming.
American Pie -- No logical reason to go from this film to that, except for the same-director thing.

By Brian McDonough

cooper2000

I enjoyed it allot.
One of the better movies from last year.

CapRockBrewingCo.

I thought it was very funny and a great blind buy. I love British humor as well.