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Load of rubbish!!

Fresh and Exciting

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Blistering performances.

At the time it was ground-breaking, and even though now it's not as impressive, the film, in it's time is still worthy of a solid 8 stars. Don't judge this film by today's standards, accept it for it's context.

I'm sure St. Elmo's Fire is considered to be a defining 80's movie, and the ship that launched half a dozen careers but good grief, it is a stupid movie. Nuf said.

This movie is hilarious, and it's not even a comedy!It follows 7 recent college grads, trying to transition into the real world. The caricatures... er, characters, are: Billy - the greasy musician who's finding that monogamy and fatherhood are not his thing. Alec - the aspiring politician who's finding monogamy to his fiancée is not his thing. Leslie - Alec's fiancée, who wants to establish a career before marriage. Wendy - the philanthropic virgin in granny duds. Kirby - the waiter pining for a fellow alumna. Kevin - the sensitive writer pining for Leslie. Jules - the "Like A Virgin"-clad, coke-addled mess.How are these people even friends? What do Leslie and Billy have in common? Or Wendy and anyone else? The only interaction between "Kirbo" and Jules is his requesting her expertise on ordering fine wine to impress a date. More importantly, how did some of these idiots attend Georgetown?Joel Schumacher may be a fine director, but his dialogue for this age group is highly contrived. Some doozies:Billy - "Let's Rock!" Alec - "Wasted love!" Leslie & Wendy - " Men... can't live with 'em; can't shoot 'em." Kirby - "Soon as I make it really big, I'm going Fluff-n-Fold." Kevin - "Love is an illusion." Jules - "You were always the couple most likely to couple, and don't you forget it!" Group - "Booga Booga Booga, Ah Ah Ahhh!"I've watched this movie many times since my teens (when it premiered), and I always laugh, cringe, facepalm, stare in wonderment at the screen as to how such nonsense was even filmed. The ridiculousness of Jules' breakdown near the end, by opening her windows to allow in some cold air, perfectly sums up this masterpiece. And then the cherry on top: after Billy's departure to hit it big in NYC, the gang decides to convene at Houlihan's the next day, because now they're grown-ups.

This is the story of seven friends; they were inseparable at college but will they be able to stay friends now they have graduated? In the opening scene we see that not all of them are keen to grow up; Billy has crashed a car while drunk injuring Wendy and while the group are checking up on her Kirby sees the girl he once went on one date with and becomes obsessed with her. The rest of the group have their problems too; Jules has a cocaine habit, Alec's and Leslie's 'perfect' relationship is about to fall apart and everybody thinks Kevin is gay. Over the course of the film we get to know the characters as their relationships begin to change and they come to terms with the fact that nothing lasts forever.'St. Elmo's Fire' is the quintessential Brat Pack movie; a young good looking cast of characters coming to terms with their different lives. The cast does a fine job making the story believable despite its slight resemblance to a soap opera with the various relationships and wondering who will end up with whom. Surprisingly the characters, with the exception of Wendy and possibly Leslie, all behave in a way that could be seen as cruel to others; this may be realistic but is unusual for characters we are meant to be sympathetic to. It is definitely an 'eighties' film; in style, in dress sense and in the music but it doesn't feel dated. Overall I'd certainly recommend this to any fans of the various Brat Pack members who appear in it or those who like eighties films in general.