The First Time
A teen romantic comedy of a spark of love between a shy and a down to earth duo.
26 August 1991, New York City, New York, USA
30 July 1971, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA
10 May 1993, Los Angeles, California, USA
19 February 1993, Hollywood, Florida, USA
29 June 1992, Los Angeles, California, USA
18 April 1990, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
21 January 1991, Bargoed, Wales, UK
24 October 1990, USA
28 September 1990, New Britain, Connecticut, USA
8 October 1993, Texarkana, Texas, USA
17 January 1966, New York City, New York, USA
4 August 1985, Leonia, New Jersey, USA
October 20, 2012
when it comes to insight into being a teen in this day an age, or any of the other traits that set the best high school movies apart, The First Time comes up empty.
October 19, 2012
There is much to like here, a sense of nuance and nonjudgmental emotional openness, yet Kasdan's teenage miniaturism never quite blooms.
October 16, 2012
Writer-director Jonathan Kasdan can't even bother to satisfy the buildup with a real moment of consummation (welcome to the fade to black) or believable postcoital complications.
October 19, 2012
Frank-but-approachable romcom about teens and sex.
March 12, 2013
I'm going to give it a seven because of the two stars. They're so darned likable that they make the film's shortcomings seem unimportant.
October 19, 2012
It's a hard movie to dislike. But try.
October 19, 2012
[An] inoffensive but bland ode to the talky high school movies of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe.
October 26, 2012
For a film that's treading the same territory as American Pie, The First Time lends a bit of dignity to the first time.
October 18, 2012
An exploration of the high expectations, fears, and fantasies surrounding the act of losing your virginity.
October 16, 2012
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.
October 19, 2012
This comedy about two teens losing their virginity aims for hilarity but instead achieves ho-hum status.
October 18, 2012
No gratuitous raunchiness here and only a few tired caricatures in a genre usually jammed with them.
