First Date
Magnet Releasing | Release Date: July 2, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
6
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloJul 2, 2021
First Date feels like a throwback caper to something you'd find on cable, funny yet full of action with a generous helping of a timeless romance for good measure. It’s the kind of movie you come across and have to see how it ends. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonJul 8, 2021
What follows is a barrage of gunfire, wah-wah guitars and a surprising amount of novelty and heart for a film that can feel as if it’s a road trip through the directors’ inspirations. Read full review
60
Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganJul 2, 2021
Despite clearly aiming to craft an intentional aesthetic, writer/director duo Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s film is inundated with tributes to irreverent indie crime film staples without bothering to carve out a unique voice of its own. Read full review
60
Screen DailyWendy IdeFeb 2, 2021
While this lively crime comedy doesn’t exactly break new ground, it does, in the form of an appealingly naive central performance from Brown, have a disarming, sweet-natured charm at its heart. Read full review
60
SlashfilmBen PearsonFeb 2, 2021
There’s a beating heart at the center of First Date, but unfortunately, the movie is less interested in exploring that central relationship and more amused with its zany cast of idiotic supporting characters. Good pacing can only get you so far. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJun 30, 2021
First Date is a very ambitious independent film with a charming, casual attitude. Read full review
50
The PlaylistRobert DanielsFeb 2, 2021
The entire ensemble rolls with the fast punches. And Crosby and Knapp show real comedic potential. But First Date takes too many big bites without the ability to digest any of its gummy sweets. Crosby and Knapp’s First Date, an at-times hilarious California pleasure trip, dissolves under the weight of its self-evident ambition. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeFeb 2, 2021
While the two young thesps acquit themselves nicely, much around them conspires to prevent their debut from being a memorable one. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineMark HansonJun 28, 2021
The shadow of Risky Business looms large, and distractingly, over Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s film. Read full review
30
Screen RantFerdosa AbdiJul 10, 2021
First Date is a hodgepodge of familiar tropes and homages to teen romcoms and, while there is a sliver of promise, the film is lacking in charm. Read full review
30
VarietyTomris LafflyJul 1, 2021
More concerned with paying homage to ’90s-era Quentin Tarantino than telling a contemporary coming-of-age tale with believable stakes, co-helmers Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s debut feature First Date saddles a young couple not with a romantic night out, but with a haphazard all-nighter crime-comedy that’s mostly unfunny and free of convincing suspense. Read full review
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