High Fidelity is a 2000 American
comedy-drama film directed by
Stephen Frears. It stars
John Cusack,
Iben Hjejle,
Jack Black,
Todd Louiso,
Tim Robbins,
Catherine Zeta-Jones, and
Lisa Bonet. The film is based on the
1995 British novel of the same name by
Nick Hornby, with the setting moved from London to Chicago and the name of the lead character changed. After seeing the film, Hornby expressed his happiness with Cusack's performance, saying that "at times, it appears to be a film in which John Cusack reads my book".