Critic Reviews
Firelight (1997) Rank 2 Reviews
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Box Office Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
For a motion picture with the potential to be an emotionally-moving look at social repression in
Victorian England, Firelight instead has all of the depth of a Harlequin romance.
Actually, it's not even that good, because the characters ...read the complete Firelight movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Susan Granger
Oscarnominated screenwriter William Nicholson ("Nell," "Shadowlands") makes his directorial debut with this historical romance, starring beautiful Sophie Marceau ("Braveheart," "Anna Karenina") as a Swiss governess who, in 1838, agrees to a secret pact ...read the complete Firelight movie review at Susan Granger
Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Palo Alto Online (Jeanne Aufmuth)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
There's nothing as disappointing as a potentially-interesting premise gone to waste, unless it's the case of a talented cast being misused. Both of these unfortunate occurrences plague Firelight, director William Nicholson's cold and underwritten tale of ...read the complete Firelight movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
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