It's not perfect, but it's a gem of a movie. I was surprised and touched by this movie. I don't usually like "feel-good" movies, but will recommend this one to everyone.Love evolves between these two morbid people. HE is safe from a romantic involvement with her (49 vs. 17), so he permits himself to welcome this lonely and lost girl into his lonely life and compassionately offers her one chance after another.Both actors are perfect in their roles - LeeLee is quite the original! And Brooks is great without being pathetic. Definitely a chemistry.Very entertaining writing/dialogue. Some take-away lines.So Lahti's a director? Has even one a director Oscar? Where have I been living? I'll check her out!

"My First Mister" stars Leelee Sobieski as Jennifer, a suicidal teenager. She strikes up a relationship with Randall (Albert Brooks), an elderly store manager. Both characters are struggling to find their niche in contemporary society.Films in which troubled young women fall in love with, and learn life lessons from, older men are a dime a dozen. "Mister" itself eventually degenerates into clichés and contrivances. Before it does, though, it offers a number of wonderful little moments. Sobieski and Brooks are both infectious as a couple of lonely hearts, and the film, possibly because it was written (Jill Franklyn) and directed (Christine Lahti) by women, avoids the creepy, paedophillic vibes associated with the genre.7.9/10 – Despite its woeful final act, "Mister" is a strong drama featuring (the oft typecast) Sobieski in one of her best performances. See "Ghost World", "Shopgirl", "Running on Empty" and "Harold and Maude".

... so I can't really rate it. But I can say that the character J was pretty annoying. So she paints with blood and sits down on moving escalators and glares at the conformist sheep surrounding her in the mall. Was the "Comedy" part of this moving supposed to be laughing at her? If so, then yeah, it's pretty funny! Otherwise the movie is painfully dull, kind of like the knife J uses to cut herself.I will say that the friendship that arises between J and her boss is somewhat interesting. Nonetheless, I watched this movie on a Tivo and found myself wanting to fast forward not only through the commercials, but through the movie as well. I would recommend that only individuals with a very high tolerance for angsty, attention-seeking teenage characters watch this motion picture.

Leelee Sobieski is very good as displaced teenager Jennifer Benson, who is disgusted and bored with her life (like many teenagers, at some point).She is in the mall looking for a jobs while in full Goth costume. She meets Albert Brooks, a middle-aged man who owns a men's clothing store. Eventually, she gets a job, and starts to relate to him.The title is a bit odd, but basically she is a girl reading Sylvia Plath, her mother is alienating and unsympathetic, and she wants to find meaning in her life. A human story with a surprise ending.Directed by Christine Lahti and well worth viewing. 9/10.