High Fidelity: Boy Fleabag

High Fidelity: Boy Fleabag

From Podstruck: A Rom-Com Rewind by Elena Crevello & Chelsea Davison

June 3, 2026 · 1h 25m · Season 2 · Episode 92

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2000 film High Fidelity, exploring its themes of love and character flaws through a modern lens.

CATEGORY: DOWN IN THE DUMPS Podstruck kicks off a new collection of rom-coms all about finding love after getting dumped with the John Cusack classic High Fidelity. We look back at this music-filled movie from 2000 with a 2026 lens - is the main character a total sexist jerk who deserves to die alone or is he a boyish cutie who just needs a little soul searching? We discuss whether Stephen Frears should have set this Nick Hornby adaptation in Seattle, the parallels to Say Anything, why Laura was miscast, how mad we are that the Zoe Kravitz TV show High Fidelity only got one season, and we pitch alternate endings for who Rob should've ended up with based on chemistry.  To listen without ads, sign up for our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/c/Podstruckpod Follow Podstruck on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/podstruckpod This episode was edited by Nick Duke: https://www.instagram.com/n_dukie/  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Elena Crevello, Chelsea Davison

Topics covered

  • rom-coms
  • finding love
  • movie review
  • High Fidelity
  • relationship dynamics
  • character analysis

Keywords

  • High Fidelity
  • John Cusack
  • romantic comedy
  • Stephen Frears
  • Zoe Kravitz
  • Nick Hornby
  • relationship
  • movie analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Acast

Books & works: High Fidelity, Say Anything

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