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Empire Records
1995
· Movie
· 90 min
C
MEANRANK
64/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #3302
- IMDb #2931
- Google retired #1636
- Rotten Tomatoes #3187
- Metacritic #3501
- Letterboxd #1780
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4523
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1317
- Metacritic Audience #2933
- Criticker #2113
- Douban #1703
- Kinopoisk #2782
- AlloCiné #3477
- Trakt #2438
Every rating
35–88
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 35, highest is Google on 88. Critics average 41, everyone else 69.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The employees of a independent record store fear their beloved store will be sold to a large chain. Over the course of one day, "Rex Manning Day," they hatch a series of desperate and comedic plans to save it. The film follows the quirky staff as they deal with personal crises, love triangles, and their shared love of music while trying to prevent the takeover.
Details
- Director
- Allan Moyle
- Writer
- Carol Heikkinen
- Released
- 22 September 1995
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $10.0M
- Box office
- $303.8K
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