VHS : Empire Records

Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303954134
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6303954138
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: January 13, 1998
Running Time: 90 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: October 20, 1995
Sales Rank: 14276

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.com:
This story about a day in the life of an independent record store, truly a threatened species, screeches with the sound of teenagers falling apart emotionally every five minutes. The script, which feels like an old guy's idea of how kids talk and think, concerns the young employees of a Delaware music shop faced with imminent extinction. While the ship is sinking, the staff indulge in tantrums, depressions, and run-ins with low self-esteem. There's a lot of noise in this thing, but not a lot is really said. Rory Cochrane has the best part as a secretive guy who loses the store's proceeds one night while gambling, Anthony LaPaglia is the adult boss and unofficial dad to the others, Renée Zellweger plays a promiscuous girl, and Liv Tyler is OK as a lovestruck sweet thing trying to get up the nerve to express her feelings to a fellow employee. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- My guilty pleasure
I can't explain it to you, you wouldn't understand. How can you emphasize that something strikes a resonnating chord with a distant memory of a cherished job? Don't buy it unless you've seen it. And "No" you can't borrow my copy.

Rating:

- Empire Records DVD
I was very happy with this seller. Item was shipped swiftly and was as stated.

Rating:

- Strangely appealing except for...
I do not know why I like this movie. I am not a fan of a lot of the music they play in it and the story is rather paper-thin. However, there is something attractive about the interactions between all the characters and how they work out their problems.

The 2 reasons I did not give this movie 5 stars are:

1. Robin Tunney as Deb. This was the most annoying character I have ever encountered. She is pretentious and snotty -- and not in a way that makes sense or is tolerable. ... Read More

Rating:

- One of the best movies!
I love this movie. It makes me feel young. Damn the man!

Rating:

- Good Movie
A little bit crazy. But over all an excellent movie. I have watched it several times.

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