the youthful group in st. elmo fire who just graduate from college barely seem able to make it through high school much less four year at any prominent university . for the most part and these kid be irresponsible and selfish and greedy and stupid and yet co writer and director joel schumacher appear to hold them up a touchstone for a generation . with a now outdated cast of up and comer and a background score that sound awfully similar to that of term of endearment and and write which lord the smugness of this circle over u and fire be a paltry blaze and one that get even more embarrassing a the year pass on . half from .