After being conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date plans with girl-next-door Kelsey implode as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.... (Full plot summary below)
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After being conned into buying a shady '65 Chrysler, Mike's first date plans with girl-next-door Kelsey implode as he finds himself targeted by criminals, cops, and a crazy cat lady.
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| RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloFirst Date feels like a throwback caper to something you'd find on cable, funny yet full of action with a generous helping of a timeless romance for good measure. It’s the kind of movie you come across and have to see how it ends. |
| The New York TimesAmy NicholsonWhat follows is a barrage of gunfire, wah-wah guitars and a surprising amount of novelty and heart for a film that can feel as if it’s a road trip through the directors’ inspirations. |
| Paste MagazineNatalia KeoganDespite clearly aiming to craft an intentional aesthetic, writer/director duo Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s film is inundated with tributes to irreverent indie crime film staples without bothering to carve out a unique voice of its own. |
| SlashfilmBen PearsonThere’s a beating heart at the center of First Date, but unfortunately, the movie is less interested in exploring that central relationship and more amused with its zany cast of idiotic supporting characters. Good pacing can only get you so far. |
| Screen DailyWendy IdeWhile this lively crime comedy doesn’t exactly break new ground, it does, in the form of an appealingly naive central performance from Brown, have a disarming, sweet-natured charm at its heart. |
| San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussFirst Date is a very ambitious independent film with a charming, casual attitude. |
| The PlaylistRobert DanielsThe entire ensemble rolls with the fast punches. And Crosby and Knapp show real comedic potential. But First Date takes too many big bites without the ability to digest any of its gummy sweets. Crosby and Knapp’s First Date, an at-times hilarious California pleasure trip, dissolves under the weight of its self-evident ambition. |
| Slant MagazineMark HansonThe shadow of Risky Business looms large, and distractingly, over Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s film. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeWhile the two young thesps acquit themselves nicely, much around them conspires to prevent their debut from being a memorable one. |
| VarietyTomris LafflyMore concerned with paying homage to ’90s-era Quentin Tarantino than telling a contemporary coming-of-age tale with believable stakes, co-helmers Manuel Crosby and Darren Knapp’s debut feature First Date saddles a young couple not with a romantic night out, but with a haphazard all-nighter crime-comedy that’s mostly unfunny and free of convincing suspense. |
