Reviews
Firestarter
Directed by Mark L. Lester · starring Drew Barrymore, David Keith and Freddie Jones
- 4 from the press
- 6.0 · 2 votes
Firestarter: reviews
Reviews
6.0 2 votes
What the critics say average 5.0 from 4 outlets
- 8.0 New York TimesVincent Canby
A good, stylish mixture of the kind of hokey horror and science-fiction elements in which Mr. King specializes.
Read - 5.0 Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
The most astonishing thing in the movie, however, is how boring it is.
Read - 5.0 Variety
Script by Stanley Mann is quite faithful to the Stephen King novel, but cinematically that loyalty is damaging.
- 2.0 The Washington PostGary Arnold
Even before it begins laying waste to the reputations of cast members, 'Firestarter' is promptly exposed as a derivative embarrassment of a conception.
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Questions about the reviews of Firestarter
- What score does Firestarter have?
- Readers give it 6.0 (2 votes). The critics, 5.0 on average from 4 reviews.
- What do the critics say about Firestarter?
- The highest score is New York Times’s (8.0) and the lowest The Washington Post’s (2.0).