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Drew Barrymore heads up the cast in Firestarter, the suspense-filled film based on the best-selling Stephen King novel. After college sweethearts Andrew (David Keith) and Vicky McGee (Heather Locklear) participate in a mysterious psychic experiment, they have a child, Charlie (Barrymore), who is born with the ability to start fires with her mind. Her unique pyrokinetic talent soon comes to the attention of a covert government agency known as "The Shop." Now operatives from this sinister group (Martin Sheen and George C. Scott) are out to capture nine-year-old Charlie and control her supernatural powers at all costs.

1984 · 1h 53m
Director Mark Lester

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Firestarter

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Drew Barrymore heads up the cast in Firestarter, the suspense-filled film based on the best-selling Stephen King novel. After college sweethearts Andrew (David Keith) and Vicky McGee (Heather Locklear) participate in a mysterious psychic experiment, they have a child, Charlie (Barrymore), who is born with the ability to start fires with her mind. Her unique pyrokinetic talent soon comes to the attention of a covert government agency known as "The Shop." Now operatives from this sinister group (Martin Sheen and George C. Scott) are out to capture nine-year-old Charlie and control her supernatural powers at all costs.

COMMON SENSE

Stephen King adaptation has fiery deaths, miscast character.

TOMATOMETER
Average 5
Reviews 35
Fresh 14
Rotten 21

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Studio
Universal Pictures
Released
1984
Run Time
1 hr 53 min
Rated
R for pervasive extreme drug use and related bizarre behavior, strong language, and brief nudity.
Region of Origin
United States
© 1984 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), English (United States) (SDH), French (Canada)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.