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Remaking a classic is tricky business, especially when the story is from an author as celebrated as Stephen King. It can be done, as 2017's...

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Ryan Kiera Armstrong and Zac Efron star in a new adaptation of the Stephen King novel "Firestarter," about a girl with pyrokinetic powers.

[By] the end [Ryan Kiera Armstrong] is a force to be reckoned with, and sells every ounce of it.

New films streaming or in theaters this weekend: Zac Efron is a psychic dad in Firestarter, Rebel Wilsons a cheerleader for Netflixs Senior Year.

The 1984 version was no classic, but this one seems even duller and cheaper

A film that goes through the motions with such apathetic predictability and pure cinematic laziness that you may want to set whatever device you’re watching it on ablaze.

With a skilled young newcomer as the telekinetic child and Zac Efron as her dad, reboot is a step up from awful 1984 version.

For a movie about a girl with pyrokinetic powers, " Firestarter " is lacking a certain spark.

For a movie about a girl with pyrokinetic powers, “ Firestarter ” is lacking a certain spark. This new adaptation of Stephen King’s 1980 novel is not scary or thrilling, nor is it emotionally resonant or particularly moving.