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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten Page   1   B- "Suddenly this enchanting tale of cross-generational friendship becomes a Lifetime movie of the week, pat ending included."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna 3/4 "...while Ghost World is, on the whole, a slightly better movie, My First Mister is nevertheless worth checking out mostly due to two incredible lead performances."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 2/4 "Scene after scene suddenly rings with a resounding falseness [in the second half]."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman A- "It's full of emotion, but it's honest emotion, and it's tempered with good humor."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C- "There's a terrific movie somewhere inside Christine Lahti's My First Mister, but it's kept hidden by the trite trappings of a Lifetime movie-of- the-week."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C- "Tumbles deep into tear-jerker territory, morphing into a disease-of-the-week movie wallowing in the most obvious messages."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "Convincingly reveals the transforming power of friendship to release us from fear, expand our hearts, and open us to the redemptive capacities of love."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "60 minutes into My First Mister, I was thoroughly engrossed. A half-hour later, I desperately wanted the whole mess to end."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "Tilts too steeply into movie-disease-of-the-week territory."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth "Lahti and company create some nice moments and touches."   Screen It!   Jim Judy 7/10 "A good small movie featuring a different kind of love story.."   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 5 "She’s not just tattooed and surly and he’s not just geeky and stern - their characters are beautifully written and fleshed out gradually and admirably by the actors."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery C- "Lahti has undermined her stars and delivered dreck. "   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 1/4 "Sold as a lightweight dramatic comedy, Mister misses by far"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes 2.5/4 "The calculated sappiness does succeed in provoking a heightened reaction--but resentment and disgust is surely not what they had in mind."   TheMovieReport.com   Michael Dequina 3/5 "The actors earn the couple of salty drops you may shed at the end -- the script sure doesn't."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves C- "There is a static feel to the film that neglects the actors in favor of the contrived story of life, love and death."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 68/100 "Starts out as a deliriously original “odd couple” comedy, and then hangs a quick left turn into shameless tear jerking."   Apollo Guide   Scott Weinberg C- "A big-screen version of a turgid 'disease of the week' TV movie with an odd-couple twist."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 1/4 "the film abandons Randall's store completely to more effectively segue from an unsuccessful comedy into an equally unsuccessful tearjerker"   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3.5/4 Read review   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth 3/4 Read review   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 8/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   Philadelphia City Paper   Cynthia Fuchs Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. Read review   In the Dark   Jonathan F. Richards Read review   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 52% Rotten Page   1