The First Night (1998)
In the middle of a city facing a new century, a group of friends between the ages of 15 and 18 live out the adventures, deceptions and anxiety of "The First Night."
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Stylish but barely mediocre overall
How sad is this?
This is an astonishing documentary that will wring your heart while it bends your mind
The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Silly? No... silly implies "cuteness". Stupid...? That´s it: STUPID.There´s no better word to describe this movie.Why? First of all... The dialogues. So very, very, very fake. I even feel offended by the way teens are looked in this "story". It isn´t that I talk in a "Dawsonian" way, but, come on! I know and use words with more that two syllables (is that how you spell syllable?).Second: the acting. Ouch! Those fake postures, gestures, phrases, etc. My God! Didn´t they traine... sorry... practise at all?Third: the photography. I don´t know about you, but when watching certain scenes, even walking looked funny.Fourth... fourth? There isn´t any fourth. The movie didn´t had that much! (Well, that is if you don´t count that TOTALLY made-up bathroom, I mean... the art director should have taken notice of how a REAL bathroom looks like).Anyway. It feels good to know Mexican cinema is slowly working and taking its way out of oblivion... but, please... don´t take this movie as an example of its come back!