My First Mister

2001
R
1h 49m

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Albert Brooks and Leelee Sobieski in My First Mister (2001)

A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.A 17-year-old girl has a troubled relationship with a 49-year-old man.

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7.1/10

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Trivia
Leelee Sobieski's character, Jennifer, has a number of facial piercings, and cartilage piercings in both ears, but does not have her earlobes pierced - to which a reference is made in the movie. At the time the movie was made, Leelee herself did not have pierced earlobes, as she did not have them done until 2006. Specially for her part in this movie, she did, however, have both nostrils, both eyebrows and her lip pierced, along with the cartilage of both ears. After filming was completed, she removed the piercings and allowed them to close up again, but kept the jewelry as a souvenir of the movie.

Goofs
When J is talking to Randy from her car after first meeting him, the door is open from his point of view but closed from hers.

Quotes
Jennifer ("J"): I'd like to propose a toast to all the special 'f' words - to friends, family, fate, forgiveness, and forever.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Bandits/Iron Monkey/Mulholland Drive/From Hell/My First Mister/Corky Romano (2001)

Soundtracks
Disconnected Child
(1998)
Written by Tim Brecheno (as T. Bricheno) & David Benjamin Tomlinson (as D. Tomlinson)
Published by Zomba Enterprises, Inc ASCAP
Performed by Tin Star
Courtesy of V2 records, Inc.

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9/10

Meet The New Odd Couple

My First Mister is about a gothic and angry teenage girl named "J"(Leelee Sobieski). She doesn't have any friends, hates her family, you might as well put it that she hates her life. One day while she is looking for a job, she stumbles upon "R"(Albert Brooks) a 49 year old man with a beer belly. "R" turns out to give "J" a job at his store and the two of them turn out to be friends and what is next is a wonderful friendship that could last a lifetime and change both "R" and "J" and the way they feel about life. I really enjoyed My First Mister, it was clever, funny and very interesting. It kind of reminded me of Ghost World. I would give My First Mister 9/10