St. Elmo's Fire, 40 Years Later (This Ends at Prom)

St. Elmo's Fire, 40 Years Later

This Ends at Prom · Feb 27, 2025 · 1h 30m

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The movie

St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

The main topic of this episode

Show notes

Kirby: "I always thought we'd be friends forever." Kevin: "Yeah, well forever got a lot shorter all of a sudden." Despite popular belief, the Brack Pack wasn't established with a John Hughes movie, but instead in the wake of a film about recent college graduates struggling to adjust to adulthood called ST. ELMO'S FIRE. Over the past 40 years, the film has been declared "one of the worst films ever made," despite a star-studded cast of all-time greats, including Academy Award-nominee, Demi Moore. Does the movie deserve the hate? What does the Brat Pack obsession say...