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Firelight (1998)

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Reviews Counted:13

Fresh:6

Rotten:7

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Predictable and dull.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: 1938. A pretty governess agrees to bear the child of an English landowner who will in turn pay off her father's debt. Seven years later, she accepts a job as a governess to a landowner on a Sussex... [More]

Starring: Sophie Marceau, Stephen Dillane, Kevin Anderson, Lia Williams

Director: William Nicholson

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Mar 23, 1999

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R	Lisa Nesselson	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 26 2009 03:16 AM	Variety
	Jeffrey M. Anderson	I wish someone would explain to me why all these 19th Century costume dramas need to be so cheerless, so formal, and so godawful boring. Full Review \| Comment \| May., 26 2006 03:16 AM	Combustible Celluloid
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 26 2006 03:16 AM	Time Out
3/5	Emanuel Levy	No review available. Comment \| Sep., 20 2005 07:02 AM	EmanuelLevy.Com
2/4	Jeanne Aufmuth	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 14 2003 05:13 PM	Palo Alto Weekly
N/R	Jeff Strickler	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Nov., 06 2002 03:09 PM	Minneapolis Star Tribune
N/R	Kim Williamson	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 05 2002 08:16 AM	Boxoffice Magazine
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 24 2002 08:14 AM	Boston Phoenix
N/R	Kevin Thomas	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 14 2001 12:38 AM	Los Angeles Times
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Deseret News, Salt Lake City
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	E! Online
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Empire Magazine
1.5/4	Andy Seiler	No review available. Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	USA Today
N/R	Barbara Shulgasser	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	San Francisco Examiner
N/R	Cynthia Fuchs	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Philadelphia City Paper
	David Noh	What Firelight most tellingly lacks are riveting star performances to inevitably reel us in to its romantic absurdity. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Film Journal International
N/R	David Sterritt	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Christian Science Monitor
72/100	Diane Selkirk	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Apollo Guide
8/10	Harvey S. Karten	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Compuserve
2/4	James Berardinelli	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	ReelViews

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