The First Time

The First Time (2012) (2012)

  • 47% of critics liked it
    (17 reviews)

  • 66% of users liked it
    (2,753 ratings)

Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can't have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn't quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Jon Kasdan
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Oct 19, 2012 Limited
Samuel Goldwyn Films

Critic Reviews

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    It's a hard movie to dislike. But try.

  • Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times

    There is much to like here, a sense of nuance and nonjudgmental emotional openness, yet Kasdan's teenage miniaturism never quite blooms.

  • Sara Stewart, New York Post

    [An] inoffensive but bland ode to the talky high school movies of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe.

  • Neil Genzlinger, New York Times

    No gratuitous raunchiness here and only a few tired caricatures in a genre usually jammed with them.

  • Michael Atkinson, Village Voice

    Something of a wonder, a palm-size ball of banter and irony and earnestness that never stops rolling and almost never misses the sweet spots.

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    <b><i>The First Time</b></i> is an honest look at teenagers falling in love and having sex for the first time. The awkward before and after. I really liked the two leads. I thought their performances were cute and genuine. For those who had their "first… More

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