Around the Fire (1998)

Finding a place to belong is just the beginning.

106 min★ 5.3 · 887 votes

• Drama

Simon is an intelligent and privileged young man whose family expects him to become a Princeton graduate. Crying out for attention from his reserved and cool hearted family, Simon commits numerous petty crimes and is soon sent away to boarding school where he befriends a "Deadhead," adopts the "hippie" lifestyle and dabbles in many drugs in his search for acceptance.

Release date

September 26, 1998

Country of origin

United States

Budget

$1,200,000