Everyone struggles. Everyone triumphs. The music swells. No one cares.
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
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Reviews Counted: 27
Fresh: 13
Rotten:14
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favorite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy)... Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and realities of adulthood while drinking at their favorite hangout, St. Elmo's. Alex (Judd Nelson) and Leslie (Ally Sheedy) are career-minded and heading towards marriage. Virginal Wendy (Mare Winningham) only has eyes for wild, would-be rocker Billy (Rob Lowe)--whose wife and child don't prevent him from trying to relive his college days. Kevin (Andrew McCarthy) ponders the meaning of life and secretly desires Leslie, while his roommate Kirbo (Estevez) pursues an elusive older woman (Andie McDowell). Jules (Demi Moore) rounds out the group with her massive debts and cocaine problem. Joel Schumacher's twentysomething ensemble piece stands, for better or worse, as a revealing peek into the popular cinema--and values--of the 1980s. The film also represented a graduation of sorts, as Estevez, Sheedy, and Nelson portrayed high school students in John Hughes's THE BREAKFAST CLUB earlier in 1985. [More]
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy
Starring: Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Judd Nelson, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Ally Sheedy, Mare Winningham, Whip Hubley
Director: Joel Schumacher
Director: Joel Schumacher
Composer: David Foster
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Release:
Nov 23, 2001
Reviews for St. Elmo's Fire
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.
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