Around the Fire

Drama, Romance | 1998-09-26 | United States of America

3.6 / 10

107 min.

Finding a place to belong is just the beginning.

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.