2012 · drama · comedy · romance
The First Time
Directed by Jon Kasdan1h 35m2012
A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens from different high schools who meet by chance at a party.
Our read: The First Time (2012) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded drama · comedy · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- intimate
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