Empire Records (1995)

Directed by

Allan Moyle

Genre

drama film, tragicomedy, comedy drama, teen film, romantic comedy film, coming-of-age film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 828 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of record store employees spend a day trying to save their independent shop from being bought by a big chain. They deal with personal problems and grow closer as a team.

feel-goodupbeatnostalgicwarmquirkyplayfulenergeticfriendly

What happens

Empire Records is a 1995 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Allan Moyle, written by Carol Heikkinen, and starring an ensemble cast including Anthony LaPaglia, Maxwell Caulfield, Ethan Embry, Debi Mazar, Rory Cochrane, Johnny Whitworth, Robin Tunney, Renée Zellweger, and Liv Tyler. The plot follows a group of record store employees over the course of one exceptional day. The employees try to stop the store from being sold to a large chain, and learn about each other along the way. Empire Records was theatrically released in the United States on September 22, 1995, by Warner Bros. to generally negative reviews and major box office losses. It has since gone on to become a cult classic, with several of its stars launching successful careers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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