
The First Time
Directed by James Neilson
Produced by The Mirisch Company
A lighthearted coming-of-age comedy about teenage sexual curiosity and the lies we tell to impress our peers, anchored in 1960s nostalgia and youthful friendship.
With the coming of summer, three high school buddies--Kenny Leeds, Mike Decker, and Tommy Kingsley--anticipate their initiation into the pleasures of manhood. But Kenny is separated from his friends and sent to stay with his grandparents in Buffalo while his father, a widowed salesman, leaves on a business trip with his secretary-fiancée. Bored and alone in a strange city, Kenny writes his two friends letters about his adventures at "Rosie's," a fictitious brothel across the Canadian border in Niagara Falls. His lie quickly backfires.
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Questions people ask
Is The First Time violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is The First Time easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.
Does The First Time end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.
Is The First Time sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.
Is The First Time scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The First Time
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The First Time
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The First Time, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The First Time, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The First Time, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
























































