The employees of an independent music store learn about each other as they try to stop the store from being absorbed by a large chain.
Empire Records has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Empire Records (1995)
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Review of Empire Records (1995)
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Review of Empire Records (1995)
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Empire Records was released in 1995 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 576 reviews, giving Empire Records (1995) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 77%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 48%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Empire Records than critics were.
With a score of 63%, Empire Records is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1995, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1995 with similar scores include films like The Basketball Diaries, Outbreak and How to Make an American Quilt.
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