First Love

A lirico movie about the first love, very similar to much others in style, however of a delicacy, supplies and purity, which enchants, entertains and thrills, the chemistry between the couple cadence the moments of romance and divergences... not by chance the film brought me the "after" trilogy, a teenage novel, which the nephew of Ralph Fiennes also starred in, hero Fiennes Tiffin... Nothing innovative, but it should please teenagers, pleased me, with my teenage taste ...

Jim (Hero Fiennes Tiffin), a high school student, is going through the typical ups and downs of a first love affair with his girlfriend Ann (Sydney Park). To make matters worse, the boy's parents face the consequences of the financial crisis in 2008.

You know when you spend all your day studing and after dinner you just want to watch a teenage-rom-com and go to bed??

Well, this is not the right movie. But I really don't know a right moment to watch it.

I don't want to be mean but I hated it.

I felt really embarassed for the actors in the "romantic" scenes.

2 stars only because Hero (Jim) is really handsome.

The reviews for this are absolutely terrible. I think everyone is a bit dramatic saying it's "a waste of 2 hours" but maybe I've just seen a lot of really bad movies and this one really wasn't the worst. It was not really about love it was about dealing with financial issues and the toll it takes on a family, So it is very misleading to call it "first love". The acting was just ok and I felt no desire for the watered down love story they portrayed to have a happy ending. There were many characters like the aunt and the brother who were in the movie for a few seconds or minutes and added absolutely nothing. It definitely didn't have anything special about it. A fairly forgettable movie.

More than a romance story this is a story about life's ups and downs, family, and people's personal growth journeys. I like that this movie doesn't stray from a realistic path. It's not overly emotional but puts emphasis on life's truly hard moments. The main perspectives are relationships- between husband and wife (and vaguely extended family), mother and son, and first loves.

There are some plot holes- where was the proposal, what was the note that Jim received when he was working? Some of the holes seem intentional to show the passing of time but I feel like filling out other details would have added more depth to the characters.

Overall a very solid story but I really think this storyline could have taken viewers many places and I wish we saw more character depth.

I also don't know if a younger audience would get much out of this. As someone almost to the middle of life I appreciate the wisdom but it lacks a spark, which life is also full of.

I love Hero and hé is the only reason i watchedthe movie till the end (did press ffw a few Times to get throug it ) there was no Sparks there was no real love feeling at all. The whole story was weird, time Line did not match up to anything i could not het the sense of anything it Just jumped from one thing to another... Mooi the after series are way beter. This was a waste of time.