Best two reviews:
1) - A good, stylish mixture of the kind of hokey horror and science-fiction elements in which Mr. King specializes. (Rating: 80) Read Full Review >
2) - (Rating: 63) Read Full Review >

Worst two reviews:
5) Time Out London- Lester manages to maintain a fair level of suspense, and he is greatly helped by Scott, giving his best performance in years as the demonic CIA man sporting a sneer and a pony tail, but King's supernatural ideas need a human focus or they seem nearly idiotic. And, unlike the central figures in Carrie or The Shining, the heroine of Firestarter is just a rather wet little girl who happens to throw fireballs. (Rating: 40) Read Full Review >
6) - Even before it begins laying waste to the reputations of cast members, Firestarter is promptly exposed as a derivative embarrassment of a conception. What could be better calculated to illustrate King's recent decline than a "new" thriller whose devices have been poorly cribbed and patched together from "Carrie" and "The Fury"? As a matter of fact, "Charlie's Fiery Fury" would be a catchier bad title than Firestarter. (Rating: 20) Read Full Review >