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Empire Records
The film tells of workers trying to help the poor in a short time. The manager at the time really wants to buy the place but the faint employee Lucas steals his savings and loses them all in Atlantic City. Now, things turn out to be a bad track if they can't come up with the loot, where it seems he might buy it a huge music city.
2 October 1975, Houston, Texas, USA
12 January 1947, Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
1978
30 August 1963, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
26 July 1961, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
22 November 1961, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
May 28, 2016
It's high on charm and low on quality; the writing is pedestrian at best, the characters are paper-thin, and director Allan Moyle lets the music do the heavy lifting.
August 11, 2008
A soundtrack in search of a movie, Empire Records is one teen-music effort that never finds a groove.
June 22, 2003
Leaves you with the sensation of having chewed a piece of bubblegum until well after its flavour ran dry.
January 26, 2006
Overall, fatally ersatz but good natured at heart.
April 03, 2003
[Leaves the] impression of artificiality.
April 19, 2008
One of the hippest and most enjoyable movies of the 90s. This ROCKS!
March 20, 2003
The Empire Strikes Out . . . lame Gen-X "comedy" that falls completely flat . . . Go rent CLERKS
January 01, 2000
If the movie is a lost cause, it may at least showcase actors who have better things ahead of them.
September 10, 2002
Empire Records is little more than a poor man's Clerks, but an entertaining one.
July 16, 2003
...things just move quickly from one person's conflicts to another, with little momentum or feeling of satisfaction.
August 14, 2007
Lovably sloppy.
