Tuesday, February 10, 2004
HIGH FIDELITY(2000)
Today's movie and an annual event. Everyone should see this film once a year. It is one of the great ones even if it is not on the NYTimes1000Best. Wrong year. When they got to the end of the list they didn't have room for the 2000's.
I am also in a bit of a John Cusack festival. We saw SAY ANYTHING the other day.
In this one, JC is ably abetted by Jack Black (his first big film), Todd Louiso (in one of his few films-I love him-check this site out), Lisa Bonet (all three here with JC--l. to r.), Iben Hjejle as the love interest (in her only English language film), many walk-ons by the likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Tim Robbins and the ever wonderful Joan Cusack. All are directed by Stephen Frears in this soup of pop-reference, real vs. romantic love, and very slick and sassy smart talk.
I am giving it a 5 on the NetFlix5 scale.
JUST IN: The Todd Louiso fan club informs me that he directed Phillip Seymour Hoffman in LOVE LIZA. It got a lot or red tomatoes. Go Todd. Also, his full film bio is at IMdB. This guy has serious potential for the cult hero of our time.
