Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

GrimPrecise I'll tell you why so serious

Acensbart Excellent but underrated film

Livestonth I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

landisc ... so I can't really rate it. But I can say that the character J was pretty annoying. So she paints with blood and sits down on moving escalators and glares at the conformist sheep surrounding her in the mall. Was the "Comedy" part of this moving supposed to be laughing at her? If so, then yeah, it's pretty funny! Otherwise the movie is painfully dull, kind of like the knife J uses to cut herself.I will say that the friendship that arises between J and her boss is somewhat interesting. Nonetheless, I watched this movie on a Tivo and found myself wanting to fast forward not only through the commercials, but through the movie as well. I would recommend that only individuals with a very high tolerance for angsty, attention-seeking teenage characters watch this motion picture.

Claudio Carvalho Jennifer Benson (Leelee Sobieski) is a seventeen years old misfit punk teenager that uses piercing, tattoos, wears only black clothes and dyed hair, self-inflicts injures and has fixation for death. She misses a father and a normal mother, since Mrs. Benson (Carol Kane) has trouble in the communication with her, and feels absolutely rejected. While looking for a job, she meets the forty-nine years old Randall Harris (Albert Brooks), a lonely man who owns a shopping store, and he hires her. They are opposites but with loneliness and lack of friends in common. They become close friends, and their interaction changes their behavior for good while secrets and feelings are disclosed.This is the second work of the excellent underrated actress Christine Lahti as director that I see (the other one is the short "Lieberman in Love"), and also a surprisingly great movie. The original and the Brazilian titles are simply awful and vulgar, and do not mirror this sensitive story of loneliness and friendship. Leelee Sobieski has another great performance in the role of a disturbed and rebellious teenager, needy of love and care, who changes her behavior when she meets her soul-mate friend in a middle-age man. I am not fan of Albert Brooks, but he is great performing Randall Harris, the man who touches Jennifer in the heart. In the end, a toast to all special "F" words: to friends, family, fate, forgiveness and forever. Wonderful and touching! My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Meu Primeiro Homem" ("My First Man")

laughneyez6 This film starts out troubling the audience by the slight possible relationship between R and J. But then we see that their friendship helped both remove themselves from their respective self-prisons. J is trapped in her mothers world where she feels she has to be the rebel. R is stuck in his over protective, safe shell and can't seem to break free. Together they find companionship and learn most of life's most challenging secrets together. This movie was touching in the very sense that it asks the audience to have an open mind about the films main idea but it is equally beautiful and bittersweet. In the end, the theme of breaking free and being yourself, and loving with your whole entire heart becomes truly apparent.

richard-wheeler This was a story about a rebellious teenager named Jennifer Wilson (Leelee Sobieski)who lived with a so 70s family. This was also a movie based on what kids, as teenagers experience through their life. For example, being rejected: Everyone fell asleep in class as Jennifer said her speech.Some kids like being the opposite: Jennifer hated smiling and she hated seeing her parents. And some kids believe that they are gay: at the age of 14, Jennifer thought she was lesbian. Being different: Jennifer loved things that were dark and warm and she wore boxers instead of g-strings. Rebelling against your religion: Jennifer believed in hell and she wanted to go there. And of course, LOVE! She had a crush on a 49 year old man named Randall Harris (Albert Brooks)who was the head of the store called "Rutherfields". Jennifer was looking for a job there. And then, Randall didn't allow her work there because, she was a goth! And , Jennifer called Randy a beer belly! HA!HA!HA!HA! Soon, Jennifer finally got a job at Rutherfields and she began to work at the back and give all the clothes colour codes and she had to arrange them all in order. And that "Shaking that ass" song suited each moment and then, you hear "Okay, don't touch me". And also when Randall said that he had a blue foot as he walked about as he got ready for a run. And not so soon, Jennifer went outside to look for Randy because, he hadn't come back. Jennifer found him lying in the road.At the hospital, a doctor named Mr.Smithman, I think (Kevin Cooney) said that Randall was dying. Jennifer was so distraught that she ran to the cemetery and rolled about on someone's grave. Ooh. It was so tragic. And like what Jennifer said: When someone's dying, you feel you don't have a life anymore". It's true because, you get so close to that person you love and when that person hasn't got long to live. Your love that you put into that person has been taken away from you.Jennifer later on went to New Mexico to find Sarah Harris, Randall's ex-wife. But fortunately, she had passed away six months earlier, according to her son Randy Harris Jr (Desmond Harrington. Jennifer told Randy that his father was still alive. Randy was busy packing up the house that he was living in. Ans sadly, Randy didn't want to see his father because, Randall was dying and Randy's mother JUST died. He had enough seeing his close family members die.The last time Jennifer saw Randall was at a dinner party. And soon, he died. Shame. And Randall left Jennifer with his son. Jennifer had also grown out of her teenage stage and she was ready to move on.A Teenage drama.