SummaryOn assignment for her high-school yearbook, social-misfit Anne (Dylan Gelula) charmingly hits it off with the beautiful star of the softball team, Sasha (Brianna Hildebrand). But when Anne tells her best friend Clifton (Mateo Arias) about her new crush, he reveals a hidden jealousy that threatens more than just the girls’ budding romance.
Directed By:Kerem Sanga
Written By:Kerem Sanga
First Girl I Loved
Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
67% Positive
4 Reviews
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33% Mixed
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Mar 9, 2017
83
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.
Oct 18, 2016
83
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.
Oct 19, 2016
70
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.
Oct 20, 2016
67
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.
Oct 19, 2016
50
This watchable but middling drama tackles a worthy, relatable subject without quite figuring out what to say about it.
Oct 19, 2016
40
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.
User score
Generally Favorable
6.6
55% Positive
6 Ratings
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36% Mixed
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9% Negative
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1 Rating
Jul 13, 2018
6
Despite it's flawed story and the shaky acting by some actors, First Girl I Loved is actually a pretty good movie. The cinematography is beautiful, the story is interesting and it's entertaining to watch. Even though it is cliché and sometimes predictable it's still worth a watch if you're into romantic dramas.
Production Company:
- PSH Collective
- Tilted Windmill Productions
- Bee-Hive Productions
- Through The Wilderness
- Whitewater Films
Release Date:Oct 18, 2016
Duration:1 h 31 m
Awards
Santo Domingo OutFest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
