Firelight (1998)

Load of rubbish!!

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

This movie from the beginning to the end is just gripping. The music, acting, and story line is thrilling right from the beginning scene. A wonderful introduction scene to a love affair movie. All of the actors are fantastic in this movie. Stephen Dillane and Sophie Marceau are a shining light in this and their character's love affair is so reminiscent of what it's like to meet your soul mate. Stephen's portrayal of Charles Godwin is just so memorizing and plays a man who realizes that he has met his love in a peculiar way. To know that a family can be brought together in such heart rendering circumstances is a lesson to be learned in life. Money doesn't matter. Nothing else matters but love , which is the ultimate life.

good story, good acting. no over-acting, no under-acting. beautiful shots/scenery. rottentomatoes gave it a very low rating, but this is proof that a movie doesn't need to score extremely high to be enjoyed. i enjoyed this movie very much. no complaints really. i watch a lot of movies and sometimes they are painfully unfunny or lack creativity or even anything remotely artistic. this movie had a lot of beauty and can reach a broad audience i think. sophie marceau is lovely to look at and the daughter louisa was not nearly as bratty as max from 'where the wild things are' - you don't feel like you're watching a ritalin advert. i liked the movie because in its simplicity, minimal dialogue, etc, they were able to give me something good to watch.

I read the comments – negative and positive. "Firelight" is an exceptional movie that I first saw and then saw again, and again and again recently (2006) on TV. I am not a Gothic romance admirer. One part that hit home was the history of efforts by Luisa to drive away governesses. The author (Nicholson) knew what he was writing. Having lost my wife when one son was almost five years old, my housekeepers were of short duration. One day, I came home from work to find the housekeeper ready to leave after my four year old had chased her down the street with a butcher knife. His statement was: "I chased the other housekeepers away, and I will chase any more housekeepers away, until my father brings home a step-mother."Unknowing viewers probably missed this point. What a magnificent picture so well suited to being staged in the 1800s. Photography continued to improve as I watched the show on Encore as did the script, as did my admiration for the actors, the music, but most of all for the director. One viewing fails to show the greatness of the film.To earn $786,000 in the U.S. shows the commercial results of poor marketing. This has to be one of the best cinematic ventures in years. Perhaps a reissue with promotion on the late shows would create a better result.

Even though some may find the storyline predictable, the actors and the performances they give are well worth seeing. This was only the second movie I ever saw Sophie in and I love her in it! I'd never seen Stephen Dillane before and this movie made me search more of his movies. The story is of a young woman who agrees to have a baby for a mystery man, only to find that she has to find him and the child she gave up, no matter the consequences. When she finds them she has to come to terms with the reasons and realities behind her actions and of the father. What follows is the choice that we all make. Find happiness, or live with what life has allotted us?