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First Love, Last Rites

Play trailer Poster for First Love, Last Rites R,  1997,  1h 41m,  Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 25% 8 Reviews Tomatometer 43% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
25% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 43% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
A couple (Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi) fall in and out of love in a shack they share with her young brother (Eli Marienthal) in the Louisiana bayou.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Aug 16, 2011
C
Jesse Peretz's feature directing debut is a dull portrait of an idyllic first love between two misfits. Go to Full Review
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006
3.5/4
Doesn't seem destined for box office success, but it's an impressive first film, and one I found myself thinking about for days afterward. Go to Full Review
David Poland Hot Button (Substack) Jul 26, 2002
4/5
Ethan Alter Film Journal International Jan 1, 2000
Watching the film is an experience more akin to being trapped in a dying relationship: lifeless, painful and unbearably dull. Go to Full Review
Mike DeWolfe Apollo Guide Jan 1, 2000
67/100
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Cast & Crew

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Jesse Peretz

Director

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Sissel

Giovanni Ribisi

Joey

Eli Marienthal

Adrian

Robert John Burke

Henry

Jeannetta Arnette

Sissel's Mom

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First Love, Last Rites

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Movie Info

Synopsis A couple (Natasha Gregson Wagner, Giovanni Ribisi) fall in and out of love in a shack they share with her young brother (Eli Marienthal) in the Louisiana bayou.
Director
Jesse Peretz
Producer
Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay, Herbert Beigel
Screenwriter
Ian McEwan, David Ryan, Jesse Peretz
Distributor
Trimark Pictures, Strand Releasing
Production Co
Forensic Films
Rating
R
Genre
Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 10, 1997, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$40.5K
Runtime
1h 41m
Sound Mix
Surround, Ultra-Stereo
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