The First Time
Tags: romantic, sentimental

Plot synopsis:
High school freshman Victor Knudsen (Devon Werkheiser) tries to think about how to fall in love for high school senior Anya Benton (Scout Taylor-Compton). When introducing himself he hiccups and a few other students, including Anya's boyfriend Peter (Ken Luckey), mock him. At a party that night, Victor and Anya run into each other and Victor daydreams of Anya falling in love with him. The next day at school, Victor overhears Peter and Marisa (Tania Verafield) talking about Anya's virginity in the bathroom. Victor believes that Peter and Anya are not falling in love, so he goes to her house to warn her of Peter's intentions but he instead chickens out. And that night, Peter and Anya are under-age drinking in her bedroom with Victor looking on through her window. Peter and Anya start making out to which Victor interrupts it a couple times by ringing the door bell, and then tries to postpone Anya and Peter's hangout by washing the dishes. Peter becomes fed up of Victor's actions and throws him out of the house. However, he is horrified when he opens the door to find Anya's parents arrive back home.
The next day, Victor receives an invitation to Anya's 18th birthday party, which unbeknownst to Victor was actually made by Brian (Adam J. Bernstein). As Victor's brother Zack (Daniel Polo) and Brian want Victor's attempts to woo Anya to fail so they can successfully publish their production film, they advise Victor to buy her a tarantula (which Brian names "Hugo") for her birthday present claiming that she has always wanted one. When Anya opens Victor's present the party guests panic, except Anya's dad Roger (Ray Wise) who finds it hilarious. In Anya's bedroom, Anya gets Victor to relax but her father informs the two they can't find 'Hugo', and then offers Victor a ride home. Sometime later, Victor apologizes to Anya and offers to take her out for lunch which she accepts, much to the annoyance and confusion of Peter who originally planned a different date. Anya breaks up with Peter, and Victor takes her to Pyramid Lake where they rent a row boat. While relaxing on the boat, Anya says that Victor hasn't failed and kisses him. She then asks if Victor is also a virgin, and when he replies that he is, she invites him to come over to her house on Wednesday to have sex with him, as her parents will be out playing cards. Victor goes to a drug store with the intention to buy condoms but is too embarrassed to do so. With the help of Zack, Victor pays him to buy them.
On Wednesday night, Victor arrives at Anya's house for an intimate moment, but Anya's parents arrive back home just minutes later. Anya's father requests that he have a personal chat with Victor in the kitchen. In the kitchen, Roger says he realizes that Anya and Victor both like and care for each other and that it is fine with him if they want to have protected sex. The next day, Anya invites Victor to hang out with her and Marisa, but just as they arrive they see an unidentified girl kissing Victor. Though Victor does not know the girl, Anya assumes Victor was only pretending to love her to show off to his friends. Victor tries to explain the situation but Anya runs back home devastated, and abandons him. The next day, Zack and Brian show Victor the film they have been making, which reveals that Peter paid his cousin to kiss Victor in front on Anya and Marisa the day before. Victor then takes the film to show it to Anya, however he gets into a car accident, ending up in hospital whilst the DVD is crushed by the car.
Anya visits Victor in hospital and apologizes that she didn't believe him about the girl who kissed him. The two make up and reconcile and Anya explains to Victor that Zack and Brian had extra copies of the film which she watched and then destroyed. Anya claims that the film was good enough to expose Peter as a "cousin lover" as Zack and Brian filmed Peter and Lisa kissing. Meanwhile at school, all the students have downloaded the clip and laugh as Peter gets in sight. Meanwhile, Zack and Brian try to make another film with them again but their camera's battery dies.
During the credits, Victor performs the song "If Eyes Could Speak" to Anya.

Review: That's a credit to the actors as well, but when you see the movie, especially the first time the main characters meet, you will understand what I mean.It's a shame this film didn't get a bigger release in theaters because Dylan O'Brien and Britt Robertson are both terrific.
The supporting cast does a great job as well, but this movie is all about Dave and Aubrey so there wasn't a large chunk of material for any of them.The only thing I can suggest for this movie is don't go into it expecting to make you laugh hysterically.
The only way I could see someone disliking the film is if they are not into rom-coms or high school movies, but if you are then why are you even watching it in the first place?9/10.
Just when rom-coms got all boring and oh-so-predictable and we decided to write them off of our Sunday evenings, Jon Kasdan presented this cute,funny movie- the first time.
Thank you!Beautiful (literally) characters,witty dialogues,good background score and decent acting make this a great option for the rom-com genre fans.
The movie did not leave me feeling all mushy and longing for romance...but it was definitely a feel good ride..it actually lifted my spirits :)Try not to miss it.You will like it,if not love..but it's hard to dislike such a "from the heart" love story.
Aubrey (Britt Robertson) has a boyfriend (we'll get to him later) and Dave (Dylan O'Brien) is infatuated with a girl who will probably never like him for who he really is – she's just too into herself for that to ever happen.At the beginning of the film, Aubrey and Dave meet, they're teenagers who go to different high schools, and their first night together reveals a natural attraction and an easy chemistry that allows them to just open up and talk about whatever they feel like saying.
It's a fairly simple film, dialogue-heavy and follows their relationship as all teen romance films do, but there's something about it which suggests it's a genre we haven't really seen before."The First Time" isn't a comedy – it's a romantic drama.
It's a mature film in its depiction of teenagers; it works for adults just as well it does for its teen audience.Writer and director Jon Kasdan (son of famous filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan) does a good job writing the main characters.
"The First Time" is a light romantic drama; easy to watch and enjoy, especially for fans of teen romantic comedies of any age..
They also make it easy to like them since they're sincere and just as confused as we were as they quickly wander out of adolescence before they even felt like they were in.The film opens with Dave (Dylan O'Brien), a senior in high school, rehearsing lines in a back alley during a party that he plans to recite to Jane (Nickelodeon's Victoria Justice), a close friend he has big feelings for.
The film never leaves the ground of reality, and even during the scenes of the party, never do we feel that director Jon Kasdan is attempting to perpetuate raunchiness between characters or force situations onto them.
The dialog (also by Kasdan) remains controlled, yet so alert that you would think it's done in a form of improvisation.The leads are especially likable, as well, giving the film an elevation in the character-department, which is what many teen comedy-dramas struggle to create.
I go back quite aways to A Summer Place and Parish,yet even as a senior citizen I found The First Time to be a refreshingly honest and well acted film highlighted by the performance of Britt Robertson, a young actress who unfortunately is in the shade of Jennifer Lawrence and Ellen Page...yet I hope she can find he way into the sun because she has a lot to offer.The film, although light hearted, doesn't deal in mind numbing clichés.
Great coming of age teen movie that explores the angst of the 'First Time'.
Great from start to finish, and different from most movies in that genre.The teens are normal, the girl and boy you and I know, and now some picture perfect model.
The best thing, however, about the movie is the romance was relate-able and normal, and not some unrealistic love story you only seen in movies.
It was quite the opposite actually, I had to go through Victoria Justice so I can watch these interesting characters fall in love.Yeah, it has its typical teenage moments; parties and stuff but it's a decent love story.
Perhaps the movie is too much concentrated on the lead characters but it is forgivable since I enjoyed every moment of them discussing (their) life.Both of the lead actors are beautiful, charismatic and especially the female lead, interesting personality.
It has been a long time since I watched such an awesome teen movie.
I thought this movie handled teenage romance, chemistry, nervousness, perhaps actual first time sex, really well.
At the beginning I want to mention I am 16 year old boy and I definitely will watch it second time or even more.Film was great from the first time and I really want to say thanks to the authors and actors.
I do not want to spoil but one thing I have to say is that it is great film to watch and it has a really good idea behind all this.In conclusion I want to say that The First Time went really to my heart and it is really good movie.
Nowadays all you see is R rated comedies that like to push the envelope and this film I feel gives a fairly honest (and sometimes hilarious) look at the complicated life of a teenager was done in a way that doesn't seem overly cliché.
I'm not a huge rom-com fan, I just sort of end up watching them whenever I have a spare bit of time; such as some idle Sunday morning (as that's when I watched it) , but based on the previous rom-comes which I have seen I felt that this one is one of the better ones.You will be pleased to know that after a lot of thought I have in fact found a place to start my review.
The acting by all protagonists I feel is excellent; couldn't have chose a better cast even though I hadn't really seen any of them before; apart from the lead male protagonist (who I love from the internship) and his British friend (which I believe to be from Tracy beaker?, that's right I'm cool).
this movie had also the other awkward side between new couples and the issues that we don't want to talk about much .and for the actors they were just perfect for their roles especially Dylan O'Brien who was just perfect in acting weird ..
you may have seen him playing in the teen wolf,he did a decent acting.also , i liked how everything in this movie was so unpredictable, the writers knew exactly what to do.although i must precise that this is not a comedic movie and it won't make you laugh hard , this is just an awkward romance movie which will make you feel good and not feel like you are wasting your time and money..
The First Time is a coming-of-age rom-com about the mixed feelings that two teenagers experienced as they fall in love for the first time and eventually decide to lose their virginity together.
The film aims to show the nervousness, hesitation, insecurity and excitement that every teenager would experience when they lose their virginity the first time, but it fails to capture the feelings perfectly.Although the meetup and development of the relationship happens so fast that it feels a bit artificial, but the on-screen chemistry between the two leads is so convincing that you eventually believe that they developed a solid connection somewhere along the way.
The movie is a brilliant choice for snuggling up with your second half or by yourself with a smile on your face watching a lovely relationship between two characters.You can not help but root for the high school senior, Dave who is trying to grab the absolutely gorgeous Aubrey Miller who is perfect girlfriend material.
It's not the best movie ever and the acting could be better, but by the end of the film I was really loving the whole meaning behind the storyline.
What I liked about this movie; regardless of what those two main characters were thinking of, be it rational or not, they still fell into that mistake due to "modernism" (quoting Aubrey herself) and the confusion caused by the society itself-- pretty much peer pressure in an indirect way.
The conversations between Dave and Aubrey about happiness, dream and relationship make this movie stand out from other stereotyped high school romantic movies in which only big events and conversations are mentioned while those small conversations are simply assumed to go without saying.
Obviously not the best i have seen but maybe my favorite in terms of the feelings and thoughts it generated.At the moment i am 35 years old and male so I watched this movie from a more mature point of view.The plot is not something extraordinary (girl meets boy there is an instant attraction and so on) but the real focus are the two characters Britt and Dave and their dialogues.It is not a story of the popular student who falls in love with the nerd or anything so cliche.
A random meeting in a back alley is enough to spark their interest.Although they already have love interests (Aubrey is dating someone and Dave is in love with his friend Jane) when they meet they immediately start falling for each other.And this is where the REAL difference of this story is.Nothing really extraordinary or exciting happens.They just talk.But it's the way they talk.They way the get to know each other.The way they want to hear about the others dreams and what makes them happy.The awkward facial expressions and the stopping in the middle of a sentence or changing their mind and saying something different.It feels like a real conversation and not scripted and memorized.
And for the people finding it strange it all happens way to fast (from Friday night to Monday morning) have you ever heard of love at first sight?Have you ever experienced it?This movie reminded me of how it felt especially the first time.
All this nostalgia that brings back memories of youth and innocence .Finally i have to say that i liked Dylan O'Brien's performance as he retains this half-romantic,half-awkward and indecisive character that you would expect by someone as inexperienced.However the highlight for me was Britt Robertson's performance.All these facial expressions,the way she talked - sometimes barely whispering- her gestures , her insecurity and sensitivity made the difference to create a real character you can relate to.
I highly recommend this movie if of course you like romantic films and want a touch of nostalgia and to remember your youth..
There are lots of teen movies about romance and love and all the things around them, that are actually kinda good, but this film was unrealistically bad.
Don't get me wrong, this movie still has a lot of the same tropes you'd expect from any romantic movie - loner boy meets sweet girl, they hit it off, she has a dumb boyfriend, he has a crush on a popular girl that only sees him as a friend and sleeps around the the jocks, the main pair deny their feelings until they finally admit it, everything's happy, then the pair inevitably come up against an obstacle before finding their way back to each other.
What makes 'The First Time' different than others of this genre is how realistic it is and its focus on the characters Dave (Dylan O'Brien) and Aubrey (Britt Robertson) and their relationship.
There is something about the way in which the movie is structured and the scenes between the two characters of Dave and Aubrey that feels incredibly intimate and authentic.
In most movies, it usually feels like there's a rush to get to the next scene or plot point, but 'The First Time' was very character driven, which I enjoyed.
Love is a complicated emotion, particularly when you're experiencing it for the first time and I liked that the movie portrayed that sense of uncertainty and confusion that both characters go through as their feelings for one another evolve.
Unlike most romantic movies, 'The First Time' doesn't provide anyone with unrealistic expectations of love.
Its message is that no two people are ever perfect for one another, there's no straight or easy route to love/relationships and it's easy to walk away the first time you hit a snag in a relationship, but if you have a unique bond with someone it's worth fighting for and working on.Overall, I enjoyed 'The First Time' and would recommend it to anyone that's a fan of romantic movies.
Dylan and Britt are great, their chemistry is on point and the love story between Dave and Aubrey isn't contrived or overly cliche, but organic and realistic.
Best asset is the amazing chemistry of the two young lead actors (Britt Robertson, Dylan O'Brien) although Dylan O'Brien (as a presence in general) doesn't fit at all the profile of the character he plays (non cool geek guy that cannot have a girl like Jane).
Highly recommended, for audiences of any age, as any movie that (without any extra analysis) makes you feel good after watching it..
Coming into this movie, the only thing I personally thought it had going for it was the fact that Dylan O'Brien was the male lead.
More people need to see this movie, I was sceptical at first, being never heard of before, but I took a shot and I absolutely LOVED this film.ACTING:Britt Robertson is an extremely talented actress, and Dylan O'Brien is also extremely talented AND good-looking(Bonus)!
But in all seriousness, the acting was very high standards throughout, and makes for a very realistic, high-class performance.PLOT:This film isn't your usual 'Boy meets girl, fall in love, fall out of love, fall back in love.' From the start, you know it's different, throughout at least half of the film you're wondering and changing your mind on whom you think each Dave (Dylan O'Brien) and Aubrey (Britt Robertson) will end up with.
Yeah, this movie has one thing going for it, like, really, really big time: A jaw-droppingly beautiful female lead.
There's no real plot until the end when things are not even that complicated they're just going through a rough time blah blah teenage stuff.I rated 7/10 because I was kind of alone and desperate to watch a movie about a happy relationship between teenagers to make me happier.
The movie is about how Dave & Aubrey who accidentally meet in a party, start liking each other and fall in love.Most of Romantic comedy English movies I have seen recently have all been disappointing.
That's a credit to the actors as well, but when you see the movie, especially the first time the main characters meet, you will understand what I mean.
That's a credit to the actors as well, but when you see the movie, especially the first time the main characters meet, you will understand what I mean.
This is my first review and after watching 'The First Time' I thought I would write this ..'Aubrey (britt Robertson) meets Dave (Dylan O'Brien)after a house party in an alley way they immediately hit it off and even though Aubrey is in a relationship with a guy who doesn't understand her she begins to fall for Dave .
I don't think I've ever felt so many different feelings in a single 90 minute period before.Before I watched this movie, I was so sure that I knew exactly how this film was going to pan out; I'd written it off as 'just another rom-com' before I'd even finished reading the title.I should never have pressed play.
Honestly, the acting, the script, the chemistry, the soundtrack; this is what films should be about.I just think that, speaking as a teenager who hasn't had a whole lot of first times to speak of, it just makes me see things from a whole different perspective.
The first time - for anything - doesn't have to be perfect, but I feel as if every other film I've ever seen has geared it up to be that way.
And even though the end result - let's face it - was always going to be the same, the journey that these two characters make to get there, with all it's unexpected twists and turns, is what makes this film what it is.It's been a long time since I've seen a movie like this.
All in all, a very good movie that I would recommend to anyone, especially teens as they approach that fantastic and torturous time of their lives called high school..
Yes, this movie is for teenagers, kind of a chick flick; and probably that is why I enjoyed so much; but at the same time, the movie has some very good aspects; like screenplay, and soundtrack, anyone who listens to the soundtrack of this movie, simply falls in love with it.
The First Time is about two teenagers who meet each other in an alley way at a high school house party and get to know each other over a weekend and develop a kind of relationship.The opening scene is about Dave (Dlyan O'Brien) a high school senior who is rehearsing lines about what he wants to say to his close friend Jane (Victoria Justice) who he has really strong feelings for.
The First Time I started to watch this movie, I like it !.
I loved this movie from the beginning to end and I definitely consider it now one of the best films of this year.