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Metascore
7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60EmpireCaroline WestbrookEmpireCaroline WestbrookFor all its faults, the good-natured, quirky humour that this for the most part offers ultimately makes it very hard to dislike.
- 60VarietyKen EisnerVarietyKen EisnerA soundtrack in search of a movie, Empire Records is one teen-music effort that never finds a groove.
- 60Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe sun can't set too soon on this "Empire." [23 Oct 1995, Pg.F9]
- 50The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe film exists for its shots of telegenic youngsters busting loose to a bankable soundtrack, and it's the cheesy dialogue, overstuffed plot, and predictable character arcs that come across as superfluous.
- 50TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineInsubstantial, 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".
- 42Entertainment WeeklyTy BurrEntertainment WeeklyTy BurrThe movie is too blatant a throwback to crass '80s teen fodder to really work.
- 38Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertIf the movie is a lost cause, it may at least showcase actors who have better things ahead of them.