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My First Summer (2020)

A secluded teen's life changes through a new friendship; ideal for fans of heartfelt drama and nuanced character journeys.

Genres: Drama, Romance

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My First Summer(2020)

Movie1h 18mEnglishDrama, Romance
6.9
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Director: Katie Found
Writer: Katie Found

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Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.

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The only thing I knew about 'My First Summer' going in was that it was a w|w film. I was expecting a cute little romantic comedy of sorts based from the poster and the title. Boy, was I wrong. Right from the start, this film hits you with a very unsettling feeling that looms over you for the entirety of it's 80 minute runtime. I found myself really caring about what happens to the characters and when it was over I felt a little tinge of sadness. Great debut from Katie Found.

What begins as a promising interesting coming of age story about the power of friendship in adolescence turns into kind of a dead end of a film as the ending is unresolved in the middle of a big scene. This story follows a young teenage female who discovers another young teenage girl who just went through an ordeal and their instant friendship is something they are both craving as they explore their bond deeply, while keeping Grace hidden from the world that might take her away.

I really liked this movie, the way it wrapped the sweet innocent coming of age story in a much darker wrapper of a situation was interesting and really well written. I'm sure it won't be a movie for everyone, but I found the way it blended tone between light and sweet and dark and twisted really fascinating.

Fantastic effort for a debut feature, I thought this was a really sweet film. The two young actresses I thought were both great, they played the "first time childhood love" story brilliantly. The character of Claudia was a bit all over the place, and her amazement toward the different candy Grace brought was a bit much, but I'd put that on the direction rather than the actor. Overall it was a very cute movie that will be a wonderful addition to my Gentle Cinema collection.

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Yikes that wasn't good. Was hoping for a sweet wlw film but instead we got a mentally inept girl being shown affection/the world for the first time since being raised in isolation by her clearly unstable mother. I just felt uncomfortable for most of it! The actor playing Claudia was really overdoing it on the 'this is so new' faces too. Especially when eating food. I'm glad it was short coz I feel like I've just wasted an hour and 20 mins.

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