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My First Mister (2001) 7.1
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7.1/10 from 4,091 users
Metascore: 48/100
Reviews: 105 user | 47 critic | 27 from Metacritic.com A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man. Director:Christine LahtiWriter:Jill Franklyn |
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Woman at Apartment
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Girl in Vintage
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Randall - 'R'
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Jack Taylor - Salesman
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Mr. Smithman
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Doctor
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William Forward | ... |
Customer
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Benjamin
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Randy
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Woman at R's Store
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Mrs. Benson
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Bob
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Chadwick Palmatier | ... |
Manager
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Bebe
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Jennifer does not fit in. A total misfit, she's as wacky as a teenager can be. Goth-ed out with multiple piercings, tattoos, and dyed hair, she listens to strange music, watches vintage TV, eats primarily chocolate, and self injures. But now high school is over and she needs a job. Can she possibly have anything in common with the overweight middle-aged man in the haberdashery window? He gives her a job, not to mention a real friendship. Written by Martin Lewison <milst1@yahoo.com>
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Mismatched. Misguided. Unmistakably friends. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 July 2002 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Educando a J. See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$102,456 (USA) (12 October 2001)Gross:
$621,377 (USA) (19 April 2002)Company Credits
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Jennifer ("J"): Oooh, you said the really bad word.
Randall ("R"): Yeah, I did. I am in fact the boy who cried fuck.
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(1999)
Written by David Lowe (as D. Lowe) and James Lynch (as J. Lynch)
Published by Oval Music Ltd. (PRS)
Performed by Touch & Go (as Touch n' Go)
Courtesy of V2 records, Inc.
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Michael McKean and 'Christine Lahti' worked together before. They were in rehearsals for a partly-improvised comedy film titled "Kiss the Bride." The project never came to the silver screen. It would have been directed by Bob Balaban. See more »Goofs
Reflected in the glass of the VW Beetle as it's being towed by the pickup truck. See more »Quotes
Randall ("R"): Listen to me very carefully. I am not getting a fucking tattoo.Jennifer ("J"): Oooh, you said the really bad word.
Randall ("R"): Yeah, I did. I am in fact the boy who cried fuck.
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Soundtracks
"Straight To ... Number One"(1999)
Written by David Lowe (as D. Lowe) and James Lynch (as J. Lynch)
Published by Oval Music Ltd. (PRS)
Performed by Touch & Go (as Touch n' Go)
Courtesy of V2 records, Inc.
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When deliberating why one story will resonate within oneself over another, you have to be honest about your own perspective on the things that are truly important in life, and those things that are tossed out with the garbage.
While the relationship between J and R is hinted at being more than merely platonic, it is only implied. The far greater impact lies in the strength of two disparate individuals finding self-worth and importance in the existence of another who finds them attractive to be with.
An older man will always find flattering the attention of an attractive (much) younger female, even if he cannot relate to her point of view on life. It helps that J is written in as witty and intelligent vs. say, something from out of "Clueless".
It is somewhat less believable that a gothic teenager would find an overweight, past middle-aged man attractive - except that the reason J finds R attractive has less to do with appearance and everything to do with the level of trust and respect he shows her after some initial verbal sparring, that really is quite believable. He affords her something that she simply is not expecting. You can imagine this happening.
Being accepted as you are and for who you are is the basis for all honest and lasting relationships. On this point the movie scores a bullseye.
LeeLee Sobieski is a real talent. Yes, she does look like Helen Hunt, but that is where the similarity ends.
Albert Brooks has always had a manner of delivering his lines as though he is making an appeal to his listener's better sense. He is a much underappreciated comedic talent.
A high recommendation for "My Fist Mister".