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- Written and directed by Joel Schumacher, St. Elmo's Fire is a mediocre attempt at recreating the success of earlier "Brat Pack" films such as The Breakfast Club, Class, and Pretty in Pink. Riding on the coattails of The Big Chill, the film is unsuccessful in eliciting audience identification with its stock characters.
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. Read Critics Reviews
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- Joel Schumacher
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- Rob Lowe
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Jun 28, 2017 · On June 28, 1985, Columbia unveiled St. Elmo’s Fire, an angsty, R-rated post-college drama, in theaters nationwide. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:
Soapy 20-something friends saga isn't for kids. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2011. Walter Chaw Film Freak Central. there's a perceptive, brilliant essay buried somewhere in St. Elmo...
Jun 26, 2015 · Today, it turns out, is the 30th anniversary of the release of St. Elmo’s Fire, the seminal Brat Pack romantic comedy and the defining movie about young adulthood in Washington. 30 years ago today, “St. Elmo’s Fire” opened in theaters.
St. Elmo's Fire is most appealing when it simply gives the actors a chance to flirt with the camera, and with one another. When it attempts to take seriously the problems of characters who are spoiled, affluent and unbearably smug, it becomes considerably less attractive.
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- Joel Schumacher
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- Demi Moore
St. Elmo's Fire is a 1985 American coming-of-age film co-written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, Andie MacDowell and Mare Winningham.
St. Elmo's Fire is a decent movie with a reasonably well developed plot and a stellar cast. We really get to see some of the most famous Brat Pack actors shine in this film, one of the more serious in their series of 80s teen movies, with the likes of Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy really giving it all in their roles, delivering ...
