For vinyl geeks and John Cusack groupies High Fidelity is an instant collector's object; but even if all the "top five list" gimmickry and pop-insider opinionations and Cusack's affected direct addresses to the camera begin to grate on you, the movie still holds up as a great ensemble comedy. The scenes with record store owner Rob (Cusack) and his employees Barry the phat fatso (Jack Black) and Dick the sensitive homunculus (Todd Luiso) are very funny, as is Tim Robbins' sudden appearance on screen as irksome Ian, new boyfriend of Rob's on-and-off love Laura (Iben Hjejle). Frears packs his adaptation of Nick Hornsby's novel with sparkling cameo performances, including good work from Lili Taylor and Catherine Zeta-Jones as two of Rob's Top Five Breakups, and even some help from the Boss (yes, Bruuuce). The movie's resolution of the old bachelor dilemma of whether to keep "collecting" or to dig in and settle down with one good woman is nicely bumpy, although the inevitable choice would have been more convincing if the role of Laura had been better cast.