First Comes Love
HBO Documentary Films | Release Date: July 24, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Slant MagazineWes GreeneJul 21, 2013
Nina Davenport doesn't seem interested in taming her unwieldy vanity, and thus her documentary reads as a Match.com profile recontextualized as cinema narcissismo. Read full review
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New York PostFarran Smith NehmeJul 26, 2013
First Comes Love seems punishingly long. It’s no more visually arresting than anybody else’s home movies, and the film’s creator fails to connect her subset of Manhattan privilege to anyone or anything other than herself. Read full review
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Time OutSam AdamsJul 23, 2013
The director/subject uses a confessional tone, showing herself nude in the tub and slathering the movie in emotive voiceover. But her self-regard never matures into self-examination, and the only time she steps outside of her own perspective is to moan about how others have it easier. Read full review
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