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Name: St. Elmo's Fire
Released: 1985-6-28
Cast: Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy

St. Elmo's Fire

R
1h 48m
1985

44%

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Seven friends, recent college graduates, are searching for a place in the real world, as they face issues of career and commitment. Leslie and Alec (Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson) try to save a crumbling romance. Wendy (Mare Winningham), a shy virgin, hides a love for Billy (Rob Lowe), a reluctant father/husband still searching for goals. Kevin (Andrew McCarthy) is a cynical writer who scorns love until he realizes he's in love with his best friend's girl. Kirby (Emilio Estevez), a law student, obsessively pursues an older woman. The beautiful, neurotic Jules (Demi Moore) paints a poignant picture of life in the fast lane. Against the backdrop of St. Elmo's, their local hang-out, they save, betray and love one another as only the closest of friends can.

Director:

Joel Schumacher

Producer:

Bernard Schwartz, Ned Tanen, Lauren Shuler Donner

Writer:

Joel Schumacher, Carl Kurlander

Cast:

Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez, Andie MacDowell

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

44%

Critics Consensus: St. Elmo's Fire is almost peak Brat Pack: it's got the cast, the fashion, and the music, but the characters are too frequently unlikable.

Reviews

Guardian

Derek Malcolm

In spite of good playing from talented players like Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy and Ally Sheedy, the film looks more like an up-market version of Porky's than anything more coherent.

...St Elmo's Fire is self-absorbed and dull, just like the characters that it depicts. But it's also something of a hoot to see 80's idiocy laid bare like this...

...familiar territory that is, for the most part, employed to underwhelming effect...

Savaged when it was released, is it time for a reconsidering St. Elmo's Fire, a retrograde look at '80s single life? No. No, it's not.

I disliked all the characters and whatever magic John Hughes had, where he could make me root for characters I disliked doing things I detested, this movie hasn't got.

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FULL REVIEW

Additional Info

Genre:Drama
Release Date:June 28, 1985
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1

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