Directed by:
Stephen FrearsCinematography:
Seamus McGarveyComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Tim Robbins, Joan Cusack, Lisa Bonet, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lili Taylor, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Drake Bell (more)Plots(1)
John Cusack stars as Rob Gordon, the owner of a failing record store located on one of the back streets of Chicago. He employs two wacky clerks, the rock snob Barry (Jack Black) and the underachiever Dick (Todd Luiso). Rob's business isn't the only thing in his life that's floundering however, after after his longtime girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) walks out on him. This forces him to examine his past failed attempts at romance. (Showtime)
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What came first – the music or the misery? And I could ask the same – what came first, the music or the misery? After all, Rob is like most of us, who drown in nostalgia, who sometimes get nervous, who make unintended mistakes, who think about what they would do differently and ponder the reasons for the breakups of the past. This film is filled to the brim with life truths, and for that, I forgive it even the few overlong conversations about music. And even in thoughtful melancholic comedies, you can still have an uncontrollable fit of laughter, like when Tim Robbins appears. "So we cool?"
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