Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

RipDelight This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

alexanderdavies-99382 I had quite high hopes for this cinema adaptation of Stephen King's bestseller. Alas, a weak plot defeats this film after the latter half begins. There are some fine actors in "Firestarter" but they are wasted with some poor material. I'm not surprised that Stephen King doesn't like this version of his book. Martin Sheen, George C. Scott and Freddie Jones make the most of what they have but it is all to no avail. Drew Barrymore is actually tolerable in the leading role. The last 40 minutes feel very restricted as the narrative simply crawls along at a snail's pace. Everything is centred around the secret house that is used by the American government and it didn't work in the film's favour. The climax offered some compensation to a certain extent and I was cheering on Drew Barrymore every time she used her special gifts. The running time could have been reduced by about 20 minutes as nearly two hours is too long.

destinylives52 Manny's Movie Musings: "Firestarter" adapts Stephen King's book of the same name, and stars Drew Barrymore playing the title role and David Keith as her protective father. Both father and daughter have super powers (Barrymore can set almost anything on fire) due to a government experiment, and now they are hunted down for more experimentation and ultimate disposal. My most memorable, movie moment of "Firestarter" is the scene when Barrymore walks out of a burning barn, ready to kill and burn everything and everyone she sees — a little girl with an adorable face but with the power of the devil. Although "Firestarter" has the feel of a movie of the week and has several shenanigans (e.g., the bad guys make the laughably bad assumption that Keith has lost his powers and therefore doesn't need that much supervision), overall it is very entertaining (mostly due to Barrymore's adorable portrayal of her character), and the part when Barrymore goes off on the bad guys is very satisfying.Mannysmemorablemoviemoments

Harhaluulo54 My mission to watch 30 horror movies from the 80's continues with Firestarter (1984). It reminds me of modern shonen anime where the main character rides with overpower.I wouldn't be surprised if this movie had an inspiring effect on such series as Naruto and Code Geass. Our main girl reminds of Naruto who is uncertain, week and quite pitiful character, they both still have a great power in them. Her father on the other hand has power similar to Lelouch, Code Geass's main character.My problem with Firestarter isn't really that it reminds me of originality lacking, lazily written anime that is full of overused tropes and clichés. Even those kind of series can be good on their own right. It is all about the execution and characters anyway. The superpowers are not faithful to their own logic nor consistent. The story is reasoned with a backstory which leads us to events that seem forced and illogical. Seems like most of the writing was just made one-dimensionally to lead the actual use of superpowers and character development of our main girl to the direction our writer wanted. Yet I am not sure if the writer wanted the world to burn or viewers to see how father-daughter relationships work. In a way, it reminds me of Interstellar. The last 15 minutes make me forgive most of these problems and make the movie worth of seeing.All in all very lacking in terms of story, but great fun with fire and visual effects. 4.5/10.

gwnightscream David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen, George C. Scott, Heather Locklear, Art Carney, Louise Fletcher and Moses Gunn star in this 1984 sci-fi film based on Stephen King's novel. This begins where we meet Andy (Keith) and his young daughter, Charlene aka Charlie (Barrymore) who are on the run from government agents because they have special, psychological abilities. Andy is able to mind-control others and Charlie is able to set fire with her mind. Soon, they're captured and become experimented on with deadly results. Sheen (Wall Street) plays Capt. Hollister who keeps them under observation, the late, Scott (Patton) plays Rainbird, an assassin, the late, Gunn (The Neverending Story) plays scientist, Pynchot, the late, Carney (The Honeymooners) plays Irv, a farmer who helps Andy and Charlie, Fletcher plays his wife, Norma and Locklear appears briefly as Victoria, Charlie's mother who is killed. This isn't a bad flick featuring a decent cast & Tangerine Dream's score is great as usual. I recommend this.