| Life, Love Work, and the Inability to Commit |  |
Rob Gordon (John Cusack), owner of a used vinyl shop, is enduring yet another romantic breakup when his girlfriend Laura (Iben Hjejle) takes up with the guy who lives upstairs (Tim Robbins).
He's trying to run his Chicago shop with the "mental moron twins" -- the shy, sensitive Dick (Todd Louiso) and the rude, crude Barry (Jack Black) when his friend Liz (Joan Cusack) takes Laura's side and forces Rob to review the top breakups in his life starting with the girl he loved in junior high, Alison Ashmore (Shannon Stillo), proceeding to high school's Penny Hardwick (Joelle Carter), and then to Charlie Nicholson (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Sarah Kendrew (Lili Taylor).
In the midst, he meets singer Marie DeSalle (Lisa Bonet) at a club and later she visits the vinyl shop leading Rob to fantisize about her.
Through most of the film, Rob looks into the camera to tell his story, similar to the method used for Micheal Caine in Alfie.
Directed by Stephen Frears from a novel by Nick Hornby. Cusack also cowrote the script and produced the film.
Small cameo roles by Sara Gilbert as Annaugh Moss, Dick's new girlfriend.
Rated R for language and some sexuality.
My personal rating: B
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