The fun, pulpy Stephen King novel gets a very bland movie treatment. It's not horrible or anywhere near the worst King adaptation, but it's certainly not the best. The cast makes the film watchable, but without the big names it would probably have felt like a bad made-for-television movie.
This review of Firestarter (1984) was written by L P on 28 Dec 2012.
Firestarter has generally received mixed reviews.
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