Insubstantial, predictable and often dull.
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08/11/08
Empire Records (1995)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:5
Rotten:16
Average Rating:4.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Empire Records is a small music store staffed by a diverse bunch of slackers. As the teens sort out the various crises in their lives, they soon discover their jobs are on the line. This is because... [More]
Starring: Liv Tyler, Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Ethan Randall
Director: Allan Moyle
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Reviews for Empire Records
Leaves you with the sensation of having chewed a piece of bubblegum until well after its flavour ran dry.
06/22/03
No review available.
11/08/02
The Empire Strikes Out . . . lame Gen-X "comedy" that falls completely flat . . . Go rent CLERKS
03/20/03
[Leaves the] impression of artificiality.
04/03/03
No review available.
07/14/05
No review available.
01/08/04
No review available.
07/26/02
...things just move quickly from one person's conflicts to another, with little momentum or feeling of satisfaction.
07/16/03
No review available.
01/12/03
A soundtrack in search of a movie, Empire Records is one teen-music effort that never finds a groove.
08/11/08
No review available.
01/30/03
No review available.
08/07/04
If the movie is a lost cause, it may at least showcase actors who have better things ahead of them.
01/01/00
Top CriticOverall, fatally ersatz but good natured at heart.
01/26/06
No review available.
06/08/03
It has a good soundtrack, lots of free-for-all dance scenes, and derision toward aging singers and capitalists. And you just can't get enough of that.
01/01/00
Lovably sloppy.
08/14/07
Empire Records is little more than a poor man's Clerks, but an entertaining one.
09/10/02
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