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The First Time
Nervous is normal.
2012 · 1h 35m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jonathan Kasdan
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The First Time
Overview
A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens from different high schools who meet by chance at a party.
Director and cast
- Jonathan Kasdan Director
- Dylan O'Brien as Dave Hodgman
- Britt Robertson as Aubrey Miller
- Craig Roberts as Simon Daldry
- James Frecheville as Ronny
- Victoria Justice as Jane Harmon
- Maggie Elizabeth Jones as Stella
- Halston Sage as Brianna
- Lamarcus Tinker as Big Corporation
- Joshua Malina as Aubrey's Dad
- Christine Taylor as Aubrey's Mom
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
There is much to like here, a sense of nuance and nonjudgmental emotional openness, yet Kasdan's teenage miniaturism never quite blooms.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
[An] inoffensive but bland ode to the talky high school movies of John Hughes and Cameron Crowe.
Sara Stewart, New York Post
Fresh
No gratuitous raunchiness here and only a few tired caricatures in a genre usually jammed with them.
Neil Genzlinger, New York Times
Fresh
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.
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice
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