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My First Mister (Widescreen)

5 star:		(26)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

One of the best movies I've ever seen. Well written, well directed, and very moving. An extremely relevant and serious subject. Wonderful combination of heartfelt emotions and wit. I made my 15 year old daughter sit down and watch it with me!

This is a wonderful and charming movie that really grabbed me emotionally & held on tight (hey, I'm an over-50 male). PLus what a cast! Albert Brooks, Carol Kane, Michael McKean & John Goodman! Wow, fun set. I've always liked Christine Lahti very very much as an actress & I hope she gets a lot of work as a director because she's done a terrific job.

The major kudos must go, in my book, to Albert Brooks. What a wonderful performance he gives. A complete, funny, vulnerable, humorous, self-deprecating grown-up guy. Boy if anyone deserved an oscar in the year this movie came out, he did. But he's always been at the pinnacle of whatever he was doing, way back to when he was a ventriloquist on the Tonight show & talked while his dummy drank!

I love you Albert. You're a real Albert Einstein!

I did hold back a star or so because some of the subsidiary male characters annoyed me. I felt the writing of the John Goodman character & of Randy who shows up later was a real cheap "men-are-all-bozos" shot. Not worthy of the rest of the film.

I'm short on words, but this movie is Great. Both Albert and Leelee are wonderful. This is truly a film about life and the wonder of it all. Experience life and watch this movie.

I had never heard about this movie before I came across it at the video store. After seeing just the first 10 minutes I was immediately hooked. The beginning was so fun, especially the line about Ashley's and Codys. Haha. Yeah, but then as I got further into the film I realized how heartfelt and refreshing it was. I cried so hard for the entire last half hour. It was so great.

Watch this movie, you won't regret it!

This movie was a BIG surprise for me. I felt it in my heart, while I watched the relationship between LeeLee's character and Brook's character grow into something words cannot describe. If you enjoy seeing real movies about real people, then this film is for you. Albert Brooks masters his part, playing a lonely man. This is definately one of my favorites

This movie is...just a TAD exaggerated! Fake, silly, and laughable.

This is my favotire movie. Leelee Sobieski shines in this masterpiece. I've seen three other movies with her in it, and this is by far the best acting I've witnessed. The audience can relate to Jennifer, or "J" as Leelee's character prefers to be called. Carol Kane plays J's smiling-through-hell mother, who wants J to attend dental school. J is more interested in writing poetry and getting a job so she can leave her mother's house. Randall (Albert Brooks) is a man who has never loved anyone in his life because of a haunting secret. J's dad (John Goodman) is a washed-out hippie from "stoner-days." He loves his daughter, but they just don't click. This is a beautiful story of life, death, and everything between. BUY THIS MOVIE!!!

This is my favotire movie. Leelee Sobieski shines in this masterpiece. I've seen three other movies with her in it, and this is by far the best acting I've witnessed. The audience can relate to Jennifer, or "J" as Leelee's character prefers to be called. Carol Kane plays J's smiling-through-hell mother, who wants J to attend dental school. J is more interested in writing poetry and getting a job so she can leave her mother's house. Randall (Albert Brooks) is a man who has never loved anyone in his life because of a haunting secret. J's dad (John Goodman) is a washed-out hippie from "stoner-days." He loves his daughter, but they just don't click. This is a beautiful story of life, death, and everything between. BUY THIS MOVIE!!!

Some reviews criticize the film's rather traditionally conventional ending (of course the "traditionally conventional ending" is no longer a conventional ending, thanks to the gen x gradstudents in film). However, this film renders a hopeful fantasy, wrapped in a tragicomedy, that simply delivers what people want to see in movies: a heart-warming story! C'mon, if people wanted to see something that was more reality based, we would rent documentaries, not movies. All I know is that in the last 20 minutes of the movie, I could not stop crying like a baby. Besides, if film students are so concerned over the film betraying realism, they should know that film school IS a betrayal to realism. Go to business school!

As for normal people who want to watch a good heart warming flick, watch this movie!

When I first rented this movie from the library a while ago, I hadn't heard anything at all about it. I guess I rented it just out of curiosity to see how it compared to all the other Woody Allen-esque excuses for borderline jailbait romances I assumed it would be just based on the cover. Boy was I in for a pleasant surprise! This turned out to be one of the most riveting and enjoyable movies I've seen in years. It is complex yet immediately comprehendible to the higher emotions, which is just what it needs to be considering what happens. If Christine Lahti didn't win any awards for her excellent direction she should have. Highly recommended!