n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Yeah, if you ever had a train wreck group of friends in your twenties....I wanted to hate this movie, but I just can't. I thought I had it all figured out, and was met with a series of fails time and time again. It wasn't pretty, and neither was these peoples lives post grad and post not fun childhoods. Yeah some of us had parents who bought us cars and paid the rent sometimes, but do we need bleed? The criticism aimed at this movie that these people were shallow because they have money.....IS A SHALLOW CRITIQUE. Simply because having money or not having it has nothing to do with the person you become. If anything it could exacerbate problems. A cringe inducing movie but fun. The music is terrible! That poor sax. Has this person never heard of Stan Getz? If anyone else was a confused wreck in their twenties, its kinda hard to hate! I liiiikee a giirl whooo driiiinkkksss!

Seven friends have just finished university and are starting out in their careers. They are having to come to terms with careers, having to be more responsible, to fend for themselves and with all the decisions and issues life throws at them. Some are coping better than others and some aren't coping at all.The central plot alone should make this an interesting movie. The whole student-to-responsible adult transition genre is always a sure hit with people going through that phase and people wanting to relive that phase. However, St. Elmo's Fire doesn't examine this very well - quite dull at times and quite superficial.This isn't helped by the characters. Most of them are quite stereotypical and aren't that likable or are, at best, dull. Ally Sheedy and Mare Winningham's characters would be the exceptions but even they are hardly people you can really get behind. On the upside, some of the sub-plots are reasonably interesting and the chemistry between the main stars is good. There is a decent feeling of camaraderie, which helps the nostalgia vibe the movie was setting out to achieve.The casting helps too. This was the movie that coined the term "The Brat Pack", referring to the host of young up-and-coming actors and actresses that were taking Hollywood by storm. Many of them had worked together in The Breakfast Club, helping the chemistry. Not that the performances are necessarily great, individually, but together they work well.Not great, but it'll do.

I once asked my gay friend why this movie spoke so much to the homosexual community. His response was that it was unapologetically 80's crass mixed with colorful disasters. Apparently he's spent his whole life living down day-glo characters like Jules, neighbor Ron, or Hollywood from "Mannequinn."So here you have some straight out of college friends, who use to congregate at a local bar and wax about life, love and the pursuit of adulthood. A lot of this, when scratch below the surface is pretty appropriate today as it was in the 80's. A lot of people who were "promised" one thing but given another. A lot of overspending. A lot of poor relationship choices, psycho love forlorn stalking, and love unrequited. Friends banging other friend's girls. And a carousel of other oddities that come with an age group that is often times overlooked. Much like I am closer to my 40's now. No one cares. Not only that no one cares, you should stop whining. And I believe this may turn a lot of people off to these characters. They're self-absorbed entitled jerks. Surprisingly with a Georgetown education. They haven't made much of themselves, but as young and inexperience, there is also the changing tides as they venture into the world. What the world offers them, they aren't prepared for. It's harsh. And they have to find a way to cope. Not to give anything away (as it is from '87). One gets the feeling that when Rob Lowe gets to NY, he will likely be robbed, raped and left for dead. Probably with his saxophone jammed up his rear. That is the reality of life.

One of the main "Brat Pack" movies is "St Elmo's Fire". directed by Joel Schumacher. The film, starring Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Mare Winningham. Plot In A Paragraph: The movie centres on a group of friends that have just graduated from Georgetown University and their adjustment to their post-university lives and the responsibilities of encroaching adulthood.Judd Nelson is amazingly unlikeable as Alec, and it's painfully embarrassing watching Emilio Estevez chase after Andie McDowell. Ally Sheedy is OK, as is Andrew McCarthy as Kevin. But for me the stars of the movie is Rob Lowe and Demi Moore. Both are superb in roles that don't exactly have you rooting for them.