Empire Records was randomest 90s romantic dramedy EVER / First time watching reaction & review

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[@this.is.a.username]

almost 30 yrs later and I still quote this movie almost daily. Damn the Man! Save the Empire!

[@scrossman27]

My sister and I quote that to each other all the time!

[@ATOMSYLAR]

AHHHHH! ONE OF MY FAVORITE FILMS I can't believe someone is finally reacting to it

[@Kenvanhey74]

So many of those characters were pretty realistic for the 90's. I lived the 90's and FOR REAL knew a few of those personality types. Seriously..prob the reason I liked the movie so much.

[@LordVolkov]

Damn the man! Save the Empire! A great 90's soundtrack and a fantastic cast.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Hands up, who had the album? ✋

[@Tuja79]

@@jean-paulaudette9246 Oh I still do 😉

[@ecyobynot]

I liked this movie growing up, still do. Have to say Liv taking off her clothes was very important to my teen years.

[@robertombricen7966]

Same here, oh yes

[@mahihkanahtik]

Lmfao same

[@wfly81]

I'll be honest, Renee Zellweger in nothing but an apron was it for me.

[@FeaturingRob]

I always got a kick out of this one. I worked in a Blockbuster around the time that this came out on video...we couldn't keep the one rental copy we had on the shelves. We finally got three copies and we STILL couldn't keep any of them on the shelves. For about a year straight, "Do you have 'Empire Records' in?", "Sorry, nope! Unless it's on the reshelve counter over there." There is a really great film by the same director I love...'Pump Up The Volume'(1990) with Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis. If you get the chance, check that one out!

[@Theomite]

PUMP UP THE VOLUME is stellar. And it predicts podcasting before the technology even existed.

[@clit_niblr0375]

'Happy Harry Hard On!'

[@nielsdegroot9138]

Another record store movie is 2000's "High Fidelity", with John Cusack.

[@Theomite]

It's far superior than this film. CLERKS is a far better film about retail, too.

[@nathantaylor5400]

I still celebrate Rex Manning day, every year.

[@TA3DArtist]

Many do, myself included!

[@MrWardonis]

Its an important day

[@blerp8285]

Happy Rex Manning day 2024

[@nathantaylor5400]

@@blerp8285 We mustn't dwell. No, not today. We can't. Not on Rex Manning day!

[@thebookreader287]

The vibing is actually real especially if the staff is pretty young and you get to know them. You could even request and they'll happily play it for you.

[@pedanticperson1149]

7:30 That's Robin Tunney, she was in The Craft, End of Days & the TV series The Mentalist (great stuff).

[@ricardoortiz4870]

That’s Batman’s sidekick. 😂

[@BloodDjimon614]

I really miss the 90s

[@TheReturnOfSak]

That's actually Renee Zellweger singing Sugarhigh. Such a great voice for punk.

[@stonecoldgamer5222]

I think it's a little rock but punk rock too.

[@stonecoldgamer5222]

Also a little grunge rock it was the 90s.

[@this.is.a.username]

25 yrs later and i'm still mad they didn't put her version on the soundtrack or as a promo video on MTV

[@jeffk.9075]

She was awesome in Chicago.

[@cardiac19]

"Empire Records, open till midnight." ...pause... "MIDNIGHT!"

[@calgeekus]

I bought the soundtrack to this after seeing it in the 90s, and much as I love it still to this day, I still feel the disappointment at discovering that Rene Zellweger's vocals weren't in the version of 'Sugar High' on the album.

[@damnimcooltom1]

I did the same. The closest thing to having that version are some versions people have cobbled together from the movie. It wasn't just that it was missing her vocals. The whole song had a different vibe.

[@Ambaryerno]

That's because they used Coyote Shivers' original recording. The film version has altered lyrics.

[@sadtragedy20]

This movie was iconic for me. It was the first time upperclassmen involved me in something (it was a watching party for our literary club) but I think it all really just clicked with us because all of the characters in the movie were essentially misfits and we felt we were as well. So its always had a special place for me.

[@mcgilj1]

Think of Joe as the slightly broken dad of his island of misfits.. that's really the the best way to look at it. As he looks out for all of them as best he can. And they as a team look out for Joe in return..

[@kyleyoung3446]

The music in this film made it so charming when it first came out. That's why I kept rewatching it throughout the years.

[@ethanblickenstaff3812]

My sister and I watched this movie all the time in High school.

[@MikeB12800]

Me and mine too!

[@robertombricen7966]

This is a great 90's movie, you can feel the decade

[@darkartist34]

The band at the damn the man event was the actual band that played on the sound track for empire records, and the guy who played Berko was their real front man, he re recorded their song with renee for the scene.

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Yep, Coyote Shivers, I think another reason for the re-record was the original lyrics may not have made the final cut!

[@dr.sweetchat6769]

IMO, the Zelwegger version is better.

[@Ambaryerno]

@@deadcatthinks6725 Yeah, the original version is a little R-rated.

[@aflodesigns]

cant hardley wait is a must!! best 90s movie ever

[@MikeB12800]

Sure about that? So many incredible movies from the ‘90s!!!

[@aflodesigns]

@@MikeB12800 im very confident that as a 90s kid ..this movie represents my youth the best...its hilarous and reminds me of pretty in pink or breakfast club from the 80s but hey thats just my opinion

[@MikeB12800]

@@aflodesigns Suburbia with Giovani Ribisi is a good one too

[@markcain9312]

OMG!!! IT'S REX MANNING DAY!!! THANK YOU MARY

[@WildMoonLacquer]

I love the guy that plays Mark in this. Another movie he's in that I don't ever hear people talking about is That Thing You Do! That was such a cute and fun movie. ♥

[@MrWardonis]

Ethan Embry

[@davidmcgugan8076]

whew!! I was really getting worried you weren't liking it and it's one of my fave movies,,but you turned around and found the sweetness of it. "Sugarhigh" by Coyote Shivers is my favorite song from the soundtrack and that was Coyote who played Berko. the whole little independent record store is something I really miss from my youth so I kinda romanticize the whole concept and I WANTED TO WORK IN A RECORD STORE!!

[@jacobalbores]

Anyone else thinking that Scott Stapp (lead singer of Creed) based his look on the character Joe?

[@this.is.a.username]

Creed came out before Empire Records

[@goatbrother8718]

Uuuh FINALLY someone did this🥰🥰

[@cardiac19]

Let's hope she starts a trend.

[@goatbrother8718]

@@cardiac19 but so sad that Mary doesn’t get this

[@FestivalFacePaintArtist]

This is a band of misfit 90’s kids who became each other’s found family. Everyone has trauma. Don’t ever forget “Damn the Man, Save the Empire”!!!!

[@MikeB12800]

Lucas is the same actor as Slater in Dazed and Confused! Blew my mind when my sister told me back in the 90’s!!!

[@Logan_Baron]

Started my lifelong crush on Live Tyler. She's basically the Phoebe Cates of the 90s.

[@ricardoortiz4870]

Red She-Hulk

[@joshuacampbell7493]

Mary, Watch the Spider-Man No Way Home Trailer. It just came out.

[@SuprousOxide]

When this movie came out, I was in High School and really in to Gin Blossoms, one of the bands that featured on the soundtrack. Really loved the characters and all the music. And I remember watching it with my girlfriend curled up with her on the couch in her basement... Lots of good memories of this one, still watch it at least once a year, I think

[@willisryan4576]

DAMN THE MAN! SAVE THE EMPIRE!

[@NoudlePipW]

Mark's voice cracks when he screams "SHOPLIFTERRRRRRRR!!!!!" are superb 😂

[@bevinbobele9958]

I worked for Tower Records in 2009 when I was 19 (the same store the screen writer used to work at and based the movie off of) and I would love to say it's over exaggerated... I mean, I would love to...in defense. But I can't. Record stores were just hormone insanity fueled by a 10 hour work shift soundtracks. (And yeah, a lot of us actually slept overnight in the back rooms) The closest I could compare working in a music environment, is working in a kitchen.

[@moonlightflame7]

One of my Favourite movies ever. Great soundtrack, awesome 90s fashion, angsty, super funny, so quotable. Just great.

[@TA3DArtist]

I loved this movie. Glad you got to watch it. When I first saw it I had been working in a bookstore and it hit home in a way I just can’t describe.

[@clydewest2853]

I love this movie , I have a DVD copy of it. Thanks for reacting to it!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

Ah, a classic! So many good lines. This was filmed in the town where I now live.

[@DemoSonicScreamer1]

Watched this last night for the first time in years. I actually didn't see it until about 2005 because I never remember it actually being out in theaters. I got a little emotional watching it. As someone who used to frequent Ear-X-Tacy in Louisville around the time this film was made (the bigger location), this just hits home. I literally saw some of the bands on the soundtrack at the WQMF2 fest in Cherokee Park (Ass Ponys, Throwing Muses). I felt like I knew most of these people in HS. It's the most 90s movie ever.

[@osumarko]

I love this movie. One of my top 3 favorites. I have multiple Empire Records tshirts. Btw, Rex Manning Day is April 8th. Its a holiday among the fans of the movie.

[@MrSFblack]

I was just watching this movie last night, it's one of those quintessential 90s flicks.

[@indade]

The dance scene with the turtle neck gets me. Gin Blossoms y’all.

[@Aaron-io8vw]

The actor playing Berko was Liv Tylers step dad at the time this was filmed.

[@bobthecone]

Growing up; Empire Records was the dream job!

[@jlero2568]

My parents showed me and my older sister this movie 3 Fridays ago and I absolutely loved every second of it and I remember my parents telling me that they watched it on HBO at their old apartment near the University of Pittsburgh back in the late 90s and they loved it

[@carlosrvra]

This movie is an express train time machine back to the 90s ☺️

[@V7avalon]

Mary you really exposed you naivete on this one, another thing that should be pointed out is this movie takes place in just over a 24 hour period and this would rate as a pretty normal 24 hours in my life. Love your reactions 💘

[@donovanmedieval]

Rory Cochrane and Rene Zellweger were in at least 2 other movies together in the '90s worth watching: Love and a .45, and Dazed and Confused, in which she didn't have any lines. In that movie, his hair was down around his shoulders. In the beginning of Love and a .45, his hair was about half that length, and he had it shaved in the movie. So, it appears to be just growing back in this movie.

[@greenpeasuit]

About time someone did this movie!

[@ToniMcGinty]

There used to be a thing in the UK called National Cinema Day, when all movies were a pound, and, bizarrely, I saw this on the same day I saw Fargo!

[@chainsawrosenberg7209]

this movie is freaking wonderful and i always saw the boss as everybodys dad or big brother type he takes care of all of them and he loves lucas even though he messed up big time

[@TomsTube]

One of my favourite nostalgia movies from the 90’s!!! 🎶SUGAR HIGH🎶😜

[@toddtaylor6506]

They really did have a lot of people working a shift without them actually working, lol.

[@tracylee3925]

Back in the day... I worked in a video/record store and they filmed this in my hometown (Wilmington, NC). Lucas (Rory Cochrane) was my hero. (CSB alert) - Screen Gems shooting a Starz series a few years ago called Reprisal and I got a one-day extra gig that took me away from my regular Uber hobby. Next day driving I get a request from the studio to pick up a "Rory". Lucas was all grown up, shaved his head and had a huge beard. Really nice guy, probably a little creeped out that I remembered Empire.

[@saulgoodman4929]

Spiderman no way home trailer is out!

[@katpiercemusic]

I love the fan canon that I once heard that since it’s Judd Nelson, Joe is Bender from Breakfast Club as a dissatisfied adult, who feels a responsibility to take care of the misfits.

[@MikeB12800]

Anybody remember Airheads from the 90’s?? Adam Sandler, Steve Buscemi, and Brendan Frasier??!

[@russellward4624]

This is low key one of my favorite movies. I even do the little Say no more mon e more dance along with the film. Lol

[@ChaosQueenKitsune]

One of my all time favorite movies, thank you for the great content.

[@TranzparentMethods]

I actually worked at a restaurant that was very similar to this. Our General Manager was very caring, the staff (all together) were either crushing on each other, or smoking weed in the freezer. It's been 11 years, and I still think about the family love and how much we would go to help each other. If ever there was an extended family, it's them...

[@direwolf8776]

Hi Mary. In the scene you commented on, about Jane blaming the employees for her quitting, in the "remix edition" of the movie for context. She went into Joe's office and her reason for quitting has nothing to do with them, she quit cause she wanted better for herself in her talk with Joe. I wish they included that part in the movie.

[@michaelriddick7116]

Omg this brings back memories :) .... F$%k I miss the 90s!!!! 🤣😂😂😂😎

[@briez9648]

Its not a musical, it just has music in it.

[@jonathanpowell7256]

Fun Fact: Robin Tunney (Deb) had to wear a long wig for her next role as Sarah in 'The Craft' because she'd shaved her head in this movie.🙂

[@G3rnsback]

90's teen movies didn't do much to prepare my generation for employment. We had it drilled into our heads that you didn't actually have to work when you showed up for your job. Instead you got to stand around and wax philosophical all day long.

[@joeypotter6051]

And glue quarters to the floor and refuse to explain your art to people

[@Anubisblack]

Oh you did this then you gotta do Can’t Hardly Wait

[@zacheryjohnson2176]

This movie is soo cool. What a time capsule

[@SuperDoNotWant]

Epic soundtrack. I have the CD!

[@crystalpistey-lyhne3406]

I 💖this movie , one of my favorite romcoms! Ps Liv was 19- 20. In 1996 ( I'm her age.)🙆🤗😘😂💜🎥

[@shawneldridge4465]

I wish I could go back in time here and relive the 80s and 90s all over again. Were the music was better, the movies were better plus everything else was so much better back then.

[@robertlopez628]

Yea I can rewatch this movie over and over. but I was a teen in the 90s and I love the music

[@Tonyblack261]

Seven, is statistically the most common roll with two dice.

[@Demigord]

SPONGE!!! love that song

[@texasrattlesnake31637]

This was hilarious M! Cool reaction as well!

[@JonathanBowles-1986]

Damn the man. Childhood nostalgia

[@danielgudzevich3768]

Wow, I forgot this movie even existed. Great pick!

[@TomVCunningham]

This movie is great and so 90s it hurts. Pour one out for physical music stores.

[@jeromym5124]

This is a childhood favourite!!!

[@superyamabenji]

Where’s Spider-Man No Way Home trailer?!!

[@seattlecryptid]

i know i'm late but the extended version reveals that lucas was actually closing as he should that night until a woman showed up and well, he got lucky, which explains the personality change. dude gets some action and thinks he's yoda. lmao

[@robertsanssouci2093]

I love this movie so much 🙌🏼

[@russellward4624]

Hes not in Vegas. The shop is in NJ and he drives to Atlantic City.

[@robstanley9779]

My sister rented it for a sleepover in like 1996, I watched it the next morning. I guess that'd have made me 13ish. Literally my favourite movie of all time. It's dumb af but it has heart. I've gone from identifying with Lucas to identifying with Mark and then back again. Realistically now I'm Joe without the leather jacket and the drums...

[@Ambaryerno]

Liv Tyler STILL looks young. Robin Tunney (Debra) actually did shave her hair on camera. She was filming the Craft at the same time, so had to wear a wig. The concept behind Rex Manning is that he was a big star when he was younger, but now its fading and he's trying to cling to what's left of his star power. However, if you really pay attention (especially if you watch the extended cut) he's actually NOT as big of an asshole as it seems. He actually tries to be polite and not too demanding about the setup of the event. During the scene with Corey he's actually turning her off ON PURPOSE so she doesn't do something she'll regret, and because he saw those same doubts you did (and disgusting her would actually be less hurtful than if he outright rejected her). His "No applause" remark is actually calling the staff out on listening in on him and Gina, which whatever else you think about Rex that's kind of a douchey invasion of privacy. He's also fully self-aware and doesn't even bother to deny that everything they say about him is true. There was actually an alternate ending where Rex returns in the finale to help them save the store. Berko is played by punk rocker Coyote Shivers, and Sugar High is one of his songs. Another alternate ending had the entire cast get arrested over the party. Because it's actually illegal to have a rock concert on a public roof. Empire Records is often overlooked because it received NO marketing at all and the studio pretty much buried its release.

[@Dirkus17]

Definitive 90s teen movie, with all that that entails. For a very different Anthony LaPaglia movie, I strongly recommend Lantana. It's an Aussie movie and it is so, so good. Couldn't be any more different than this, but I enjoy your takes on the smarter movies, and would be interested in your take, especially as an Aussie, on that one.

[@toddtaylor6506]

I can't think of a record store chain that is still open ......

[@Bekka_Noyb]

one of my fave 'work' movies! ♥

[@gh0ulgirl]

i think this is definitely a movie that grows on you. when i first watched it i felt kinda like you and that it was fun and nothing super special but years later this is a movie that i really really love.

[@MrWardonis]

Damn the man, save the empire

[@sgray001]

Empire Records is one 90ist, 90's movies to ever 90!

[@marcelasepulveda4930]

loooove this movie....dont care what can people think about it.....

[@ciaranconlon84]

Whenever I watch a movie from the 90s with one of them in it, I need to check and see if it's Renee Zellweger or Joey Lauren Adams.

[@binx201]

omg i forgot all about this movie, I watched this all the time and if I remember correct the soundtrack was soo good great movie pick

[@CK_Fish169]

I think of Clerks and Mallrats when I watch this movie. All teenage comedy/drama films that are set in NJ. I would recommend that you watch Clerks if you haven’t already.

[@deadcatthinks6725]

Rex Manning Day is April 8th (do not confuse it with April 18th - see Jim Jeffries 'Bare' for that to be explained 🤣) Great soundtrack to this, owned it for decades now.

[@JD-jt7vg]

Give “Angus” a watch. Classic 90s film with a phenomenal soundtrack

[@kellymarklong]

Mary, you need to check out High Fidelity, Clerks, & Office Space.

[@TA3DArtist]

Rex Manning Day has sadly come and gone this year but it’s celebrated online every year I believe.

[@DavidLopez-qi8hb]

Its Tim Speedle from CSI Miami!