Review of St. Elmo's Fire (1985) by Heather — 05 Nov 2008
Seven friends, fresh out of Georgetown University, cope with the fears and reality 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 roomate Kirbo(Emilio Estevez) pursues an older woman.
Jules(Demi Moore) rounds out the group with her massive debts and cocaine problem. Joel Schumacher's twenty-something ensemble piece stands, for better or worse, as a revealing peek into the popular cinema--and values--of the 1980s.
This film also sort of represented a sort of graduation, as Estevez, Sheedy, and Nelson portrayed high school students in John Hughes THE BREAKFAST CLUB earlier in 1985.
This review of St. Elmo's Fire (1985) was written by Heather on 05 Nov 2008.
St. Elmo's Fire has generally received mixed reviews.
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