St. Elmo's Fire

St. Elmo's Fire

A collective vanity piece for the so-called Brat Pack of the 1980s, this coming-of-age movie--written and directed by Joel Schumacher (A Time to Kill)--is a largely unbelievable ensemble piece about college grads having trouble getting a lift-off into adulthood. As in John Hughes's Breakfast Club--which has a lot of casting overlap with this film--each actor plays a rather narrow type with problems common to his or her classification. Some (as with Rob Lowe's seemingly doomstruck character) are more absurd than others. But absurdity isn't the issue in this movie; a general sense of indulgence is. Schumacher not only presumes an undeserved mystique about this cast, but he also exploits it and comes up empty. --Tom Keogh

Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Joel Schumacher
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
35
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
R (Restricted)
Year:
1985
108
18,472 Views
They thought they'd be friends forever, but forever couldn't last.
The passion burns deep.
The heat this summer is at Saint Elmo's Fire.
You can always count on your friends. Don't ever let the fire go out.

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  • Randall Butt
    Randall Butt
    Billy to strange girl in the bar:
    "Don't worry honey this face seats 5"
    LikeReply 13 years ago

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