Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 30
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 16
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1985 Wide
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Post-collegiate angst, '80s style, is the subject of this coming-of-age ensemble piece, which traces the fortunes of a group of Georgetown grads as they enter the real world and grapple with work, infidelity, and adulthood. The most outwardly upscale member of the gang, Jules (Demi Moore), hides a plethora of emotional baggage behind a chic wardrobe, an expensive apartment, a fashionable drug habit, and lots of meaningless casual sex. Her friend Wendy (Mare Winningham) has the opposite problem;
Jan 1, 1985 Wide
Nov 20, 2001
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
All Critics (34) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (14) | Rotten (17) | DVD (14)
Soapy 20-something friends saga isn't for kids.
there's a perceptive, brilliant essay buried somewhere in St. Elmo's Fire on the dangers of deeply, tragically stupid people trying to write the great American novel.
If you grew up with them, you'll like this generally unlikable group. But as far as I'm concerned, they all could use a strict parent.
Even teens might have a hard time identifying with the level of melodrama we get here.
Everyone struggles. Everyone triumphs. The music swells. No one cares.
the loud clothes, the pumped-up fake rock of John Parr, the questionable sex appeal of McCarthy and the unctuous Nelson. Turn it on and watch your skin crawl.
A telling look at the confusions and challenges facing seven friends who have recently graduated from the same college.
The intolerable apotheosis of 80s youth-driven filmmaking.
St. Elmo's Fire is an enlightening and coming-of-age ensemble that warms your heart and leaves you feeling all happy inside. The cast is one of the best, being the brat pack, nobody could get enough of them in the 80's and I can see why. It's also a great learning film, that teaches you all about drugs, sex and
June 24, 2011Super Reviewer
This movie shows and tells you about the transition to life after college. Just a really good honest film about life. Great story and great 80s music, this is another classic! :) I love it! :) :) :)
December 8, 2007
Super Reviewer
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