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30 out of 100

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6.5 out of 10

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  • Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Debi Mazar
  • Summary: A comedy about an eventful day in the lives of the young slackers, doers and dreamers who work at a bustling record store. (Warner Bros.)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. Empire
    Reviewed by: Caroline Westbrook
    60
    For all its faults, the good-natured, quirky humour that this for the most part offers ultimately makes it very hard to dislike.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (not credited)
    50
    Insubstantial, 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".
  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    If the movie is a lost cause, it may at least showcase actors who have better things ahead of them.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. dnfstorm
    10
    A great fun film that a first saw a few years ago, great script, great characters and even better soundtrack, one of my personal favourites. A must for any 80s-90s music fans of all genres.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. Babettev.
    9
    Great fun!! One of my favourite movies!!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. BryanC
    0
    A horrible film! mainly a weak attempt to cash in on the whole alt rock movement that was the rage at the time. Totally unrealistic plot.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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