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By James Berardinelli (4,524) for ReelViews (4,523) on 13 May 2022

Few authors have been as badly victimized by Hollywood as King; this is just another title to add to the list…

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By Richard Newby (7) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 13 May 2022

The best thing that can be said about this new iteration of Firestarter is that it at least gave us a new score by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter,…

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By Lindsey Bahr (430) for The Associated Press (882) on 13 May 2022

There wasn’t a great reason to take another shot at Firestarter…

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By Benjamin Lee (469) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 May 2022

No one here seems to know what they’re doing and, more importantly, why. A strong contender for 2022’s most pointless movie…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 13 May 2022

Perhaps what’s most dispiriting about this Firestarter is how visually impoverished it is…

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By Alyse Wax (31) for Collider (1,032) on 12 May 2022

I think this would be best enjoyed by someone who had never seen the original 1984 film; that way, you won’t be constantly comparing the…

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By Jesse Hassenger (800) for Consequence (296) on 12 May 2022

Is it better for a Stephen King franchise to burn out or fade away? Firestarter manages to do both at once…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 May 2022

When it’s a cautionary tale about an unusual family who’ll never know a moment’s peace because of their past choices, Firestarter is…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 12 May 2022

What starts out feeling lean and stylishly stripped-down, with a faintly-creepy young lead, waters her down and winds up playing cut-rate,…

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