First Winter
Film Movement | Release Date: November 16, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
63
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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2
Mixed:
0
Negative:
2
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IndieWireEric KohnNov 15, 2012
Dickinson's hauntingly naturalistic look at disgruntled young adults trapped in the country following an urban disaster plays like "Martha Marcy May Marlene" transported to a post-apocalyptic survival narrative -- with lots of yoga and sex. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen HoldenNov 16, 2012
The glue holding the film together is Adam Newport-Berra's elegant hand-held cinematography, which captures changing shades of winter and the frightened faces in natural light with an astonishing intensity. Read full review
30
Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerNov 13, 2012
Even when things start to go awry for our group (thanks to jealousy, illness, a dwindling food stock) Dickinson's anti-dramatic methodology proves ill-suited to the task of generating narrative interest. Read full review
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Slant MagazineNick SchagerNov 13, 2012
The film's interests are mainly relegated to wallowing in the frigid-starvation-suffering of its protagonists. Read full review
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