Empire Records

1995

Action / Comedy / Drama / Music / Romance

34
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 37 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83% · 100K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 69263 69.3K

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Plot summary

The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.

Director

Allan Moyle Photo
Allan Moyle

Top cast

Liv Tyler Photo
Liv Tyler as Corey Mason
Anthony Hemingway Photo
Anthony Hemingway as Boom Box Kid
Tobey Maguire Photo
Tobey Maguire as Andre
Robin Tunney Photo
Robin Tunney as Debra
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
698.72 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 9
1.23 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 30 min
Seeds 63

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Drazic82 7 / 10

Feel Good

This is truly a feel good film that I return to again and again. It's true they don't make films like this anymore which is why Empire Records is such a cult film. The story is simple but the chemistry and characters shine brighter.
Reviewed by thefloyd1 8 / 10

Deserves to be preserved for its cultural relevance

To say this film brilliantly captures the vibe of the mid 90s is an understatement. It's also a very relevant and fond farewell to independent music, and all things independent, or at least relatively independent. It's easy to get lured into thinking about the plot regarding saving a specific physical music store, but it's an obvious metaphor towards saving something so much greater than that. The death of independent music and culture was well underway, crushed by corporate monopolization. But, for this film to be made 1yr prior to Clinton's 1996 Telecommunications Act is remarkable and only adds to it's legacy and cultural relevance. I particularly liked the final scene when the two guys are talking critically about a band, and the artistic motivation for pursuing a solo career...that's how it was back then. The rich & popular artists were still very connected to their writing...and that sophisticated spirit flowed down to the streets where common citizens would talk about art. I'm estimating American Pie would not have been made if this film didn't exist?
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