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Humorous Feel Good Cynical
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Buddies Coming of Age Save the Day Self Discovery Teenage Life Workplace Situations Mind and Soul Partners more...
Genres:
Comedy Drama
Time/Period:
90s
Place:
Store
Audience:
Date Night Teens
Humor:
Irreverent Humor
Style:
Ensemble Cast Twists and Turns
Attitudes:
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Score:
Rock
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Profanity

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Empire Records, 1995

Starring: Liv Tyler, Anthony LaPaglia

Directed by: Allan Moyle

Written by: Carol Heikkinen

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 90 min

MPAA Rating: PG_13

Rating:6.4

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The mood of Empire Records is humorous, cynical, and feel good. The plot centers around saving the day, workplace situations, and self discovery. It features irreverent humor. Empire Records is a comedy and drama movie. Stylistically, it involves twists and turns and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is realistic. Empire Records takes place, at least partly, in a store. It happens in the 1990s. The musical score is rock. Empire Records is especially suggested for a date night and teens. Note that it includes profanity.

Summary of Empire Records

This rocking, slice-of-life comedy examines one so-strange-it's-normal day at a busy record store, from the manager's attempts to cope with his bizarre young staff to the loves, lusts and whinings of his slacker clerks. From the director of "Pump Up the Volume."

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	22 September 1995
Runtime:	90 min

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Liv Tyler

as Corey Mason

Anthony LaPaglia

as Joe Reaves

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Variety

A soundtrack in search of a movie, Empire Records is one teen-music effort that never finds a groove. Full Review

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by: Ken Eisner

TV Guide

Insubstantial, predictable and often dull, it's a dismaying move from director Allen Moyle, who displayed a real grasp of pulp energy in 1990's "Pump Up the Volume". Full Review

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by: Staff (not credited)

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EMPIRE RECORDS: REMIX SPECIAL FAN EDITION: I have always loved watching movies starring LIV TYLER, This is one of my favorite movies and I highly recommend it. LIV always give 100%, and her acting is always very convincing and spot on. PLUS SHE IS A... Read and rate it

10.January.2011
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by: Netflowers
Netflowers rated this movie0/10

Empire Records is a bit of a bland film. I was expecting a comedy, but I would not call it that, because I didn't find it to be that funny. Especially when early on you find out that a character in it has attempted suicide - that kind of sets the... Read and rate it

22.March.2009
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by: Matthew
Matthew rated this movie6/10Okay

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