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www.filmthreat.com - : I'm a little obsessed with this movie. It may, in fact, be everything you need to know about the '80s. Essentially, this is ''The Breakfast Club Grow Up'' minus writer-director John Hughes, plus writer director Joel Schumacher; not a good start. It is perhaps the defining moment of the Brat Pack Generation, in that anyone in this movie would forever be referred to as a Brat Pack member. ''St. Elmo's Fire'' concerns seven Georgetown grads and their traumas joining the real world. more...
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1/5
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www.film.u-net.com - : As a movie, St. Elmo's Fire is rather artificial. The script drags the assorted stereotypes over a psychological assault course, before ending on a note of resolution (unlike real life). While this doesn't automatically make the film bad, it'd be a great deal more satisfying if some acute and perceptive observations could have been included along the way. more...
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3/5
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www.apolloguide.com - : Perhaps the story of St Elmo’s Fire parallels the lives of its stars a little too eerily. After all, the stars at the time were of similar age as the characters they depict. It is almost as if this film was their college experience, and when it was done, they too didn’t know how to move on successfully. more...
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74/1
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