A group of friends graduates from the halls of Georgetown University into lives that revolve around sex and career aspirations. Kirby waits tables to pay for law school. His roommate Kevin struggles at a D.C. newspaper as he searches for the meaning of love. Jules may be an object of adoration and envy, but secretly she has problems of her own. Demure Wendy is in love with Billy—a loveable sax player and an irresponsible drunk. Alec wants it all: a career in politics and the appearance of a traditional home life. Alec's girlfriend, Leslie, is an ambitious architect who doesn't know about his infidelity, but his new allegiance to the Republican Party is already enough to put her off marriage.
St. Elmo's Fire has generally received mixed reviews.
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St. Elmo's Fire was released in 1985 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 541 reviews, giving St. Elmo's Fire (1985) an average rating of 59%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 70%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 55%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with St. Elmo's Fire than critics were.
With a score of 59%, St. Elmo's Fire is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1985, which stands at 58%.
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