Thankyou for making this film!

Rating: 10/10 (9 November 2005)

What I loved about this movie was it's connection with the audience across multiple levels. There were moments of hilarity, anguish, excitement, disgust and outright loss of control, which were all bolstered by the thematic mirroring of music. The soundtrack to Empire Records evokes the mindset of the youths in the record store and enhances everything so that that it leaps off the screen, into your ears, swirls around your brain for a bit and then spurts out again through every limb. I found myself banging along to the music of the Gin Blossoms, AC/DC and even Sexy Rex Manning! It conveyed the plight of the youth without being trite or pretentious owing to great performances from the whole cast and some inspired direction. The casting agents must have wet their pants when these guys rolled in to audition! All in all this is a top flick that makes you wanna start a band, rock out in public places and work in a record store. Thankyou for making this film!