Empire Records
A funky little record shop provides the setting for this youthful comedy that centers on the workers there as they try to help poor. The manager who really wants to buy the place, recoups his losses after his well-meaning, but dim-bulbed employee Lucas steals his savings and loses it all in Atlantic City while trying to increase it twofold at the gaming tables. If they can not come up with the loot, the mega-chain Music City will buy it.
24 September 1965, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 March 1967, East Los Angeles, California, USA
1979, London, England, UK
23 November 1959, London, England, UK
12 January 1947, Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France
17 October 1965, Valdosta, Georgia, USA
19 June 1972, Chicago, Illinois, USA
21 February 1980, Staten Island, New York City, New York, USA
28 April 1982, Huntington Beach, California, USA
25 April 1969, Katy, Texas, USA
26 July 1961, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
27 June 1975, Santa Monica, California, USA
April 03, 2003
[Leaves the] impression of artificiality.
August 14, 2007
Lovably sloppy.
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
July 16, 2003
...things just move quickly from one person's conflicts to another, with little momentum or feeling of satisfaction.
August 11, 2008
A soundtrack in search of a movie, Empire Records is one teen-music effort that never finds a groove.
January 26, 2006
Overall, fatally ersatz but good natured at heart.
June 22, 2003
Leaves you with the sensation of having chewed a piece of bubblegum until well after its flavour ran dry.
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.
September 10, 2002
Empire Records is little more than a poor man's Clerks, but an entertaining one.
January 01, 2000
If the movie is a lost cause, it may at least showcase actors who have better things ahead of them.
