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At First Light
We live in a long series of strong events that we start with a high school student named Alex Laine. Alex seems to have many capabilities, as she encounters encounters with ambiguous lights mysteriously emerging. These abilities develop and rapidly turn to her childhood friend Sean Tyrell, so it may be more difficult as the authorities target them and chase them with a thrilling chase, but officials are interested in the mysterious case of Alex.
31 December 1951, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
19 July 1973, Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
1 October 1957, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
28 August 1974, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
11 June 1970, Montréal, Québec, Canada
March 19, 2018
First Light nimbly condenses similar, more complicated stories for a greater storytelling accomplishment.
February 08, 2019
At First Light isn't a lousy sci-fi picture; its worst offence is taking up time better spent watching movies that leave lasting impressions.
March 12, 2018
"First Light" doesn't invent anything new, per se, but somehow, in splicing elements from other movies, it fails to achieve the emotional core of its own formula.
April 17, 2018
A beautiful example of small scale filmmaking which, by working well within its limits, manages to achieve much more than one might expect.
October 05, 2018
The actors are fine, though the drab screenplay does them no favours.
October 17, 2018
Stone has crafted an intelligent, low key sci-fi thriller, that explores big subjects despite running out of steam toward the finish.
September 27, 2018
Pellerin and Scott are such deeply compelling performers that you are likely to forgive the familiarity of the lovers-on-the-run, first-contact narratives.
April 18, 2018
There are superpowers and moments of awe -- but the focus on Sean's character and his acceptance of change keeps everything here admirably down to earth.
March 19, 2018
Stone's movie is one of the most frustrating kinds to run into while covering a festival comprised of upcoming filmmakers, the calling card project.
March 12, 2018
Lacking the flash of big-budget blockbusters or the originality of a uniquely imagined world instead leaves First Light trying to make the best of overly familiar sci-fi themes.
October 17, 2018
The actors, a pronounced sense of setting, and Stone's impressive style results in a film that's more memorable than most cynically tossed off young-adult cash grabs.
November 28, 2018
Whether you know it or not, kids, you've now got your own generation's Close Encounters of The Third Kind.