Goodbye First Love

Name: Goodbye First Love
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: April 20, 2012
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 80
Cast: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky

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IFC Films | Release Date: April 20, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky

Summary: Fifteen-year-old Camille is a serious, intensely focused girl who has fallen in love with cheerful Sullivan, an older boy who reciprocates her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. When he leaves her to travel through South America, she is devastated. But over the next eight years, she develops into a more fullyFifteen-year-old Camille is a serious, intensely focused girl who has fallen in love with cheerful Sullivan, an older boy who reciprocates her feelings, mostly, but wants to be free to explore the world. When he leaves her to travel through South America, she is devastated. But over the next eight years, she develops into a more fully formed woman, with new interests and a new love—and the possibility that she'll be less defenseless when Sullivan enters her life again. Filled with scenes that showcase her extraordinary ability to evoke moods and feelings, Hansen-Løve takes the story of a girl’s first romance and makes it into a singular experience, familiar in its broad strokes and yet so specific that it feels uniquely personal. (IFC Films)… Expand

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve

Genre(s): Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 110 min

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Keith Uhlich

Apr 17, 2012

Brava, Mia! The exceedingly talented Ms. Hansen-Løve (the writer-director of Father of My Children) is sure to win many more fans with her latest feature, an incisive, exhilaratingly frank examination of l'amour lost. Read full review

Noel Murray

Apr 18, 2012

The result is a movie that's poignant, bittersweet, and true. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Apr 19, 2012

Nothing is rushed, everything is given its appropriate time and place. When we watch Hansen-Løve's films, we're not only experiencing a life unfolding before us, we're also realizing what a great privilege it is to be able to do that. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Apr 15, 2012

Arthouse audiences could drink this down like a glass of Chardonnay. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Jun 27, 2012

We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition. This film, deeper than it seems, dares to suggest that beyond a certain point, it can represent a tragedy. Read full review

Joe Williams

May 25, 2012

Goodbye First Love is like a postcard from a lost Eden, a painfully pure oasis where we're not allowed to linger. Read full review

Nick Schager

Apr 14, 2012

A poignant sense of time's unyielding forward progress and a mood of deep adolescent sorrow aren't enough to overshadow the insufferable blankness of Goodbye First Love's navel-gazing protagonists. Read full review

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miketarigan

Aug 17, 2012

Sweet and harmless, this film evokes emotion and memories. As a viewer who's at the same age as the characters in the film, I can relate to some of the things and still learn from how much the characters change and mature themselves, regardless how their relationship evolves.

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amboy

Apr 25, 2012

Although well-made in terms of direction, photography, and performance, this film cannot escape the maudlin qualities of the traditional love story. The lovers are callow and perhaps underdeveloped, so it is impossible to care much about them. If you find that the film's title puts you onAlthough well-made in terms of direction, photography, and performance, this film cannot escape the maudlin qualities of the traditional love story. The lovers are callow and perhaps underdeveloped, so it is impossible to care much about them. If you find that the film's title puts you on the verge of allergic reaction, do not go.… Expand

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Daynester

Oct 10, 2012

Our unsmiling protagonist pines on and on through bedrooms, country houses, architect school, and late adolescence and early adulthood, unable to get a real life because she can't get the old boyfriend off her mind. At least she learned to let go of a hat!

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