Hansen-Love films with an eye toward discovering and rediscovering these characters in pure moments of simple, poignant humanity - wading in a river, clambering over rocks.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
14 Jun 2012
rotten:
"Goodbye First Love" is a very lifelike film in the sense that life does not often imitate entertainment.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
7 Jun 2012
fresh:
"Goodbye First Love" is like a postcard from a lost Eden, a painfully pure oasis where we're not allowed to linger.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
25 May 2012
fresh:
Writer-director, Mia Hansen-Love, whose third feature this is, has addressed her subject with complete emotional confidence.