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1. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › firestarter_2022Firestarter (2022) - Rotten Tomatoes

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   Firestarter should either be a campy romp or a semi-serious look at the way people try to quell the rage of young women. May 22, 2024. Keith Thomas sets the original script on fire and with that ...

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   • Director: Keith Thomas

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Zac Efron

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3. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › firestarter-movieFirestarter movie review & film summary (2022) - Roger Ebert

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   May 13, 2022 · Not this time. “Firestarter” just looks cheap—in most ways, cheaper than the 1984 version—with no memorable craft elements or decisions outside of a cool, ‘80s score from John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies. The score deserved a movie that knew how to use it more effectively and with tighter visual language.

4. www.imdb.com › title › tt1798632Firestarter (2022) - IMDb

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   Firestarter: Directed by Keith Thomas. With Zac Efron, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sydney Lemmon, Michael Greyeyes. A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind.

   • 4.6/10 (23K)
   • Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

   • Director: Keith Thomas
   • Release Date: 2022-05-12

5. www.empireonline.com › movies › reviewsFirestarter Review | Movie - Empire

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   May 13, 2022 · Firestarter Review. Years after participating in an experiment that left him with psychic abilities, Andy McGee (Zac Efron) is on the run from a mysterious government agency called The Shop. Their ...

6. www.ign.com › articles › firestarter-2022-reviewFirestarter Review - IGN

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   • A bummer of a burn.
   • The best Stephen King novel is...
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   By Matt Fowler

   Updated: May 15, 2022 8:38 pm

   Posted: May 13, 2022 4:38 pm

   Firestarter premieres Friday, May 13 in both theaters and streaming on Peacock.

   Blumhouse's new adaptation of Stephen King's seminal scarebook Firestarter, from 1980, features strong performances from Zac "He Plays Dads Now" Efron and young Ryan Kiera Armstrong, but the finished product is a bland retelling of a story that, here in 2022, needed an extra jolt to bring it back and have it stand out among today's super-powered rabble.

   Not only are superhero stories now the meat and potatoes of our mainstream multiplex fabric, but "youths discovering powers" is its own overflowing well. Firestarter, as a King story, is naturally more wicked than other kid fables, which tend to lean toward family-friendly adventure, but remaking this story without adding anything particularly new or making it scarier just leaves it defenseless, and feeling wholly unoriginal in the mutant landscape despite it being one of the first stories of its kind.

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   On the bad guy front, Michael Greyeyes isn't as short-sheeted as the others, but he still feels like a ghost of a presence rather than a full character. As Rainbird, a super-powered fixer sent after Charlie (played by George C. Scott in the 1984 film), Greyeyes gets a few notable showdown moments, but the end resolution for his character makes little sense and only adds yet another meandering, confusing thing to this tale.

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   Despite solid performances from Zac Efron and Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Firestarter feels stifled in story and presentation. Over four decades have passed since the Stephen King novel, so new ideas were needed to resuscitate this twisted tale and have it not feel undercooked -- or even less interesting than other stories that have copied it over the ye...

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7. www.vulture.com › article › movie-review-stephenMovie Review: Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter’ With Zac Efron

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   May 13, 2022 · Movie review: In this new adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter,’ Zac Efron stars as a telepathic man who has to protect his young daughter, who can start fires with her mind. The ...

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   Is 'FireStarter' a good movie?

   • Movie review: In this new adaptation of Stephen King’s ‘Firestarter,’ Zac Efron stars as a telepathic man who has to protect his young daughter, who can start fires with her mind. The effects are okay, but the performances are distressingly inert.

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   Is FireStarter a good book?

   • Published in 1980, Stephen King ’s Firestarter has always been one of the author’s more emotionally immediate novels: A telepathic father tries to protect his young daughter, who can set things aflame with her mind, while they’re both on the run from the Feds. A simple, suspenseful, and moving premise.

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   Is Firestarter based on a true story?

   • Even the carnage-filled climax, which should feel cathartic, plays out in muffled fashion. Firestarter, starring Zac Efron, based on the Stephen King novel, fails to ignite. Firestarter, starring Zac Efron and based on the Stephen King novel, fails to ignite.

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   Should Firestarter be a campy romp?

   • Firestarter should either be a campy romp or a semi-serious look at the way people try to quell the rage of young women. Keith Thomas sets the original script on fire and with that action, the possibility of making a better film. [Full review in Spanish] Page 1 of 4, 7 total items. There was no reason to start this fire.

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   Is Firestarter A Stephen King adaptation?

   • Rent Firestarter on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video, Apple TV. There was plenty of room to improve on the original, but Firestarter trips over that low bar and tumbles toward the bottom of the long list of Stephen King adaptations.

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   Is FireStarter a wasted opportunity?

   • Save for a couple of scenes, there’s so little of that in Firestarter — the clash between these characters’ supernatural powers and the world at large — that to call the film a wasted opportunity doesn’t quite do justice to what an abject failure it is.

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   Rebecca Johnson Film Focus Online. Besides its competent musical score from Carpenter and actors that appear to try, Firestarter is a lacklustre remake. It lacks both horror and heart, features ...