I craved holding hands or linking arms with a girl while walking through the mall. I wanted to be the girl at the sleepover who offered the shoulder to cry on. Whenever I imagined being with girls, friendship was the base of the relationship. Heikkinen says that she never developed the characters with a queer relationship in mind, but Corey and Gina’s connection is what captivated me most. Instead, what I was looking for in films were friends, a crew outside of my family to talk to and dissect things like, “If I love Devon Sawa, why am I always thinking about kissing girls?” I loved my IRL family-they were the people who paid all my Blockbuster late fees, after all-but bringing up my feelings towards girls at the weekly family meeting just wasn’t going to happen. I knew something about my sexuality was different, but because I couldn’t fully pin it down-couldn’t fully define it or acknowledge it-I didn’t seek out films explicitly about LGBTQ+ topics and characters. I wasn’t actively “looking for myself” in movies back then I was mostly looking to escape reality, especially when it came to understanding my queer identity. A group that resembled the type of chosen family I desperately wanted in the future. Nevertheless, the film went on to achieve cult status thanks to misfits like me who found comfort in the coworkers who became a close-knit group of trauma-bonded homies. But the film was a box office disappointment, making just over $150,000 on opening weekend, and it was overwhelmingly panned by critics (Roger Ebert called it a “lost cause,” awarding it just 1.5 stars). Directed by Allan Moyle, the film starred a crop of promising fresh faces including Renée Zellweger, Liv Tyler, and Debi Mazar. The plan to save it hatched by slacker employee Lucas (Rory Cochrane) backfires, and the rest of the employees must band together to help the store and-as trite as it sounds-wind up rescuing each other in the process. Released on September 22, 1995, the dramedy takes place during one workday at a beloved indie record store under threat of going corporate.
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