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Empire Records (1995)
The entire movie takes place over one awesome day in a record store. The cops are called about four times, there's a love story, a suicide story, and a takedown of a speed freak. There's also an almost-sex scene, followed by an actual sex scene of two girls trying to live out their fantasy with their pop-star crush. This movie literally had it all and we loved it.The stereotypical '90s traits made us laugh even if it was unintentional. My pal Keith says it really can't be a '90s movie until you've lost count of how many times the hot guy has pushed his hair back and looks up with a smile. That luscious, voluminous Rachel-Green-Lizzie-McGuire hair was something to aspire to.The movie kicks off with one of the kids losing $9,000 of the store's money while gambling, in an attempt to save Empire Records from being sold. Here, you are also introduced to a version of the '90s fuccboi, the worst fuccboi of all: black hair in a bowl cut matched with a black turtleneck and combats boots all tied together with a "damn the man" attitude. You've then got your preppy girl who secretly does drugs and is dying to lose her virginity. We also have a punk mistress who shaves her head in a scene that's eerily similar to Britney Spears' future breakdown. You start to love the characters' quirks and misfit personalities.The only thing they have in common is that they love working at the store—they're the rock stars of the neighborhood. And as all good teen movies go, they hardly ever actually worked.
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