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Summary: Simple
Review: This movie is my happiness, its where I go when I need to hide.
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Summary: DVD
Review: Loved this movie so much I had to purchase it.
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Summary: Movie you can watch AND dance to
Review: This is the sort of movie I do housecleaning to, because I can zip and dance around with a broom as I watch. Teeming over with great music (mostly rock, but other genres as well), "Empire Records" is a delightfully funny and endearing teen comedy, definitely a cut above average. "The time to hesitate is through," quotes Lucas (Rory Cochrane), employee at Empire Records, when he finds that Empire is about to be sold to the massive chain "MusicTown." So he gambles away nine thousand bucks (the store's, not his) in an effort to increase the money and save Empire. Needless to say, his boss Joe (Anthony Lapaglia) is very, very angry -- since the money Lucas lost would have enabled him to buy a partnership in owning Empire. The next day has an aging pop star, the arrogant Rex Manning (Maxwell Caulfield) coming to Empire for a signing. Virginal superstudent Corey (Liv Tyler) is planning to have Rex as her "first time," while her best pal A.J. (Johnny Whitworth) is planning to tell her how he feels about her. Lucas catches a very hostile young shoplifter (Brendan Sexton). There's also depressed Debra, and crazy Mark and Eddie. And as dark personal secrets spin out of control, the employees become determined to save their beloved music store. "Damn the man! Save the Empire!" Any movie that stars primarily teens is going to automatically be spat on by critics. But "Empire" knows it's not a serious movie, and it's happy that way. After all, people dance on the rooftops, shoplifting is a contact sport, and customers are pirouetting in the aisles with the clerks. Realism? Who cares? It's funny and cute. There's some romance (most of it is kept low-key, like Debra and Berko), a seduction or two, and about five seconds of violence. The reviewer who said this was one of the most quotable movies ever is right: there are dozens of lovely lines in here. Best of those is A.J. rehearsing his profession of love: "You make me feel like a bath. You're like vanilla ice cream -- FRENCH vanilla ice cream!" Not to mention Joe's, "He's the man, I'm the idiot, you're the screwup, and we are ALL losers." And I love the soundtrack, teeming over with the Cranberries, the Gin Blossoms, Better than Ezra, and dozens of others. Hard metal, rock, ballads, and so on -- some of it is background music, some of it has the cast singing and dancing along, and "Sugarhigh" is performed by Coyote Shivers and Renee Zellweger at the end. The actors are also quite good. Anthony Lapaglia plays Joe with endearing frustration and crabbiness; Caulfield is good as the arrogant, slightly effeminate Rex. Liv Tyler swings between girlish sweetness and very occasional violent rage; Whitworth is cute and insecure as a guy who can't get the words "I love you" out of his mouth. Renee Zellweger is also great in an early role, never making the promiscuous Gina 2-D or slutty. And Rory Cochrane is great as the extremely dignified, human-fortune-cookie Lucas. Coyote Shivers (Tyler's real-life ex-stepfather), Robin Tunney, James Wills, and Ethan Embry (as the endearingly crazy Mark) round off the cast. The main sour note is Sexton, who is rather flat and over-the-top as Warren. Overall, "Empire Records" is a wonderful light teen comedy, not stupid or gross, just cute. And it's a must for fans of good rock. (And if anyone can tell me what band did that "I want some money" song, I would be very grateful)
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Summary: Shock me, shock me ,shock me!
Review: I first saw this movie one late night on VH1. Your normal teen flick, bunch of kids working in a record store, one hell of a problem that has to be fixed before midnight. But it's a damn fine teen flick. Great music, one of the most quotable movies among my friends. After seeing this movie even I want to work in a record store. I highly suggest this movie.
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Summary: The most quotable movie of all time
Review: I feel this is the one movie I find myself quoting constantly, because of the abundance of witty remarks and lines. The script is so cleverly written, there's not a dull moment. It is endearing in everyway, it makes me giggle everytime I watch it. As for the acting, just watch the facial expressions... I need not say more. The character are very well developed and every one of them is unique and entertaing to watch. I must agree when people say that it doesn't take alot of brain power to watch this movie, but despite what everyone seems to think, in all actuality it is quite complex, in the simplest of forms. It's not quite realistic, in that an awful lot of major events took place in the span of one day, and no one seemed to be phased by it at all, as if it was just a regular day at Empire... but that's the beauty of it. The soundtrack is one of the very best I've heard, there is constant music playing in the backround, most of which couldn't be more suitable to the going ons of this film. The only thing I would change about this movie is, it should never end. Please, please watch this movie. But, I caution you, it may be too hip for some tastes. Thankyou and good day!
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Summary: Perfect...well, not entirely perfect
Review: So, I was flipping through the channels and stopped on VH1 when I saw a flash of Ethan Embry in that punk orange shirt. Though I hadn't seen Empire in four years, I was totally drawn in. I mean, come on, the movie is about a record store and all the quirky, hilarious things that could potentially go on in one day! You have an over-the-hill rock star album signing, a pubescent shop-lifter, a few sexual encounters, and music from every genre. I fell back into step from where I had left off, and I could basically quote the whole thing. the only thing that pisses me off is the fact that the soundtrack isn't half as good as it should be. There are so many songs that were left off, hello--Snake, Little Bastard, Romeo and Juliet, Say no more, Mon Amour?!? Anyway, overall the movie is entertaining, has great music, and no one can contradict the fact that it just lifts your spirits after you watch it. So DAMN THE MAN! SAVE THE EMPIRE!
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Summary: Best tell your teenager you liked it
Review: If you are a parent, you may find that your kids enjoying a hormone charged, somewhat slacker prone group of teenagers navigate life to be a bit distressing. My teenage kids loved this movie, probably for the same reasons it was distressing to the adults. I think this is a great film for teenagers to watch - by themselves - or with parents still connected to their adolescence.
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Summary: Silly me!
Review: Everyone is entitled to there opinoin but I think the review I read of this movie is wrong. What do you what you movies to say? I thought they were for entertianment value. Silly me! This movie is funny and is one of my favorites.
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Summary: I hate this film so much.
Review: This film actually makes me sick, it was so obviously a cash-in on 90s alternative slacker subculture written by some one who knew nothing about it trying to be trendy. Why do people like this film? Damn "the man"...who made this film
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Summary: i love warren
Review: lol..this is the best movie! not many people have seen it, but as the years go, more and more people are seeing it because everyone who has seen it makes all their friends see it..i think we teens like it because there isnt the perfect person in it or the biggest dork..its real people. we can identify with almost every character. the lines are great, the acting is great/goofy, and its just an all around awesome movie.
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