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MOVIE · 2012

The First Time

ComedyDramaRomance95 min

At a house party, two teenagers who feel out of step with the people around them end up talking on the front steps until dawn. Dave is stuck on a girl who barely notices him, while Aubrey is dating an older boy and trying to ignore how little certainty she feels about where that relationship is going. Over the next week, their late-night conversations turn into a rush of honesty, flirtation, and mixed signals as each tries to sort out what they want before someone else decides it for them. Britt Robertson and Dylan O'Brien lead a story about first love arriving at exactly the wrong moment.

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