Firestarter

Universal Pictures | Release Date: May 11, 1984

6.5	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Ratings

USER RATING DISTRIBUTION

Positive:

Mixed:

Negative:

Watch Now

Stream On

Buy on

Stream On

Expand

Review this movie

VOTE NOW

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.

Check box if your review contains spoilers

0 characters (5000 max)

User Reviews

User score By date Most helpful

PanchogulMay 13, 2022

Regular en todos los aspectos, solo Drew Barrymore tiene el carisma suficiente para llamar la atención, fuera de aquello es una película bastante sosa.

0 of 2 users found this helpful02

All this user's reviews

Steven1981Mar 18, 2020

Drew Barrymore stars as a little girl in the film Firestarter.. I think the film tries to be a horror but it's not scary, it's not creepy or anything but the explosion and fire scenes are impressive. Drew Barrymore can set things on fire orDrew Barrymore stars as a little girl in the film Firestarter.. I think the film tries to be a horror but it's not scary, it's not creepy or anything but the explosion and fire scenes are impressive. Drew Barrymore can set things on fire or blow things up just by looking at them and even more so if you make her angry lol. Not the worst film, I'd say it's average but it could of been so much better.… Expand

0 of 1 users found this helpful01

All this user's reviews

FilipeNetoFeb 12, 2018

A fire too cold to be surprising.

This film is an adaptation of a novel by Stephen King, where a young girl with pirokinesis and his father, with powers of mental manipulation, are seeking to escape government agents that want to kill them.A fire too cold to be surprising.

This film is an adaptation of a novel by Stephen King, where a young girl with pirokinesis and his father, with powers of mental manipulation, are seeking to escape government agents that want to kill them. Directed by Mark L. Lester, has David Keith and Drew Barrymore in the lead roles.

This film is neither good nor bad. It is exactly in the middle. Drue Barrymore still manages to enchant us, as it was still far from the bad roads that ran through adolescence, years later. The story is also very interesting and covers a topic that always knew intrigue people. However, it's not, by far, the best film adaptation of a King book: the actors are sometimes too theatrical, especially Keith, every time it uses its powers; the script also has some obvious flaws and lack of logic. If the father imagined, as the film suggests, the danger in which he lived with his family, why he didn't use his powers to flee abroad earlier? And what is the purpose of that rampant police harassment against a man able to control minds and a girl able to set fire to everything?

Not being very good, this film is still able to perform well with its role: entertain the public. Therefore, it is still interesting to see, although it is not surprising.… Expand

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

All this user's reviews