My First Film
MUBI | Release Date: August 30, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleySep 6, 2024
My First Film is very emotional, but it’s also filled with ideas about cinema, being a woman, and creating art. Anger is willing to acknowledge her flaws and shortsightedness, and brave enough to recognize it is our flaws that make us artists, not our perfection. Read full review
91
IndieWireNatalia WinkelmanAug 22, 2024
Although it tells of a production gone ostensibly wrong, My First Film is, at its core, a movie not about upheaval but about yearning — and about how, sometimes, giving that yearning up can be a beautiful, generous act of creation all its own. Read full review
90
The New YorkerRichard BrodySep 4, 2024
My First Film, which looks back at a young filmmaker’s crises and conflicts, is both a masterwork of an artistic coming of age and a virtuosic reconception of the art of cinema itself. Read full review
80
ColliderChase HutchinsonAug 28, 2024
This is no romanticized look back at a past film, but a deeply honest one. In every frame, both within the production of the film and outside of it, it feels like we're witnessing something profoundly personal that may soon slip through our fingers. It's worth cherishing every moment of. Read full review
70
The New York TimesAlissa WilkinsonSep 5, 2024
The irony of My First Film is its two layers: It’s not Anger’s first film, nor is it Vita’s, but it tells the story of one that never quite made it into the world. But really, it’s a movie about learning to have compassion for your younger self, for her dreams and foibles and failures. Read full review
60
The GuardianLeslie FelperinSep 3, 2024
You can’t help but admire Anger’s audacity, sly humour and film-making chops. Read full review
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