First Girl I Loved
| Release Date: October 18, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
61
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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83
The PlaylistKatie WalshMar 9, 2017
Sanga’s roundabout storytelling and sensitive exploration of contemporary issues around sexual identity and consent makes First Girl I Loved a sophisticated and complex teenage coming of age story. It’s Gelula’s performance that brings the emotional weight necessary to drive the story forward. Read full review
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IndieWireDavid EhrlichOct 18, 2016
One of the most compelling things about Karem Sanga’s raw and emotionally radiant First Girl I Loved is how well it captures the heart-pounding terror of becoming someone, the one-way nausea of committing to yourself. Read full review
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New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriOct 19, 2016
The way the narrative starts and stops and doubles back mirrors the characters’ own confusion. We try to make sense of the story along with them — who did what, said what, when, and what did it really mean. Read full review
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ConsequenceJustin GerberOct 20, 2016
What writer and director Kerem Sanga captures so well in First Girl I Loved is high school. What he captures even better is falling in love, or the naïve idea of what it means to be in love as a teenager. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveyOct 19, 2016
This watchable but middling drama tackles a worthy, relatable subject without quite figuring out what to say about it. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyOct 19, 2016
A small, sympathetic story of a teenage girl’s rough coming out is smothered by a pile of far-fetched melodrama, a loathsomely obnoxious male lead character and far too much unsteadicam visual randomness in First Girl I Loved. Read full review
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