Empire Records

Empire Records

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Movie Review: A Classic
Summary: 5 Stars

Empire Records is such a loveable film, and it will make anyone want to work in a record store. It revolves around a group of young people that work in a local music store named Empire Records. Well, one of the employees secretly finds out that the big boss is planning on turning their hip record store into part of a larger chain, so he takes all the money he was supposed to deposit for his manager, Joe, and - what else? Gambles with it! Of course, he ends up losing all the money, which is bad news for Joe, who was saving up the money to buy Empire Records and save it from going mainstream.

Now, we're on to the next day, when Lucas (the gambler) has to break the news to everyone. On top of that, they are having a signing session with Rex Manning - a washed up pretty-boy singer that nobody likes, except for one female employee who REALLY likes him (wink-wink, nod-nod). Then, there is another female employee who has tried to kill herself, a male employee who wants to tell one of his co-workers he loves her, and a shop-lifter who just wants to be one of the gang.

There are amazing performances all around. Mainly Rory Cochrane, who plays the dry, witty Lucas - I absolutely loved every single scene he was in. Anthony LaPaglia is great as the sometimes easy-going manager Joe. Liv Tyler is beautiful as usual, Renee Zelwegger plays her trampy character perfectly, and Maxwell Caulfield as Rex Manning is priceless. If you haven't seen this movie yet, please do. It is so much better than any teen movie out there today: it's funny and charming, and it doesn't need gross-out humor to keep your interest. Forget that it's a teen movie, forget it got the straight-to-video treatment. Buy this movie today, you won't regret it.

Summary of Empire Records