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  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Sean (Théodore Pellerin) and Alex (Stefanie Scott) go on the run after Alex has a close encounter with mysterious orbs of light that leave her with extraordinary powers. As they flee from their families, the police and a covert government agency, Alex and Sean find themselves at the center of an unprecedented event in human history. Firs...

Directed By: Jason Stone

Written By: Andrew C. Erin, Jason Stone

  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • TV-14
  • Gravitas Ventures
  • 1 h 30 m

At First Light

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary Sean (Théodore Pellerin) and Alex (Stefanie Scott) go on the run after Alex has a close encounter with mysterious orbs of light that leave her with extraordinary powers. As they flee from their families, the police and a covert government agency, Alex and Sean find themselves at the center of an unprecedented event in human history. Firs...

Directed By: Jason Stone

Written By: Andrew C. Erin, Jason Stone

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Metascore
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75
Oct 5, 2018
The rare example of an understated, effectively told young-adult yarn that places emphasis on grounded characters, nuanced performances and stunning visuals over convolution and clichés, Canadian filmmaker Jason Stone’s At First Light boasts unpretentious but exciting surface-level charms.
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Oct 4, 2018
Stone doesn’t explicitly ask the straightforward, big-picture questions you’ll find in a film like “Arrival.” But his attention to detail and character, and his ability to render those people in recognizable settings, is engrossing.
By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 4, 2018
Apart from the uncommon notion that these mysterious visitors may actually mean us well, the film seems a little too comfortable with clichés, right down to the men in black who show up mid-movie to ruin everybody’s fun.
By Peter Debruge FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 4, 2018
Lacking the flash of big-budget blockbusters or the originality of a uniquely imagined world, First Light is left trying to make the best of overly familiar sci-fi themes.
By Justin Lowe FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 4, 2018
Try as I might, I just wasn’t all that invested in the fate of Alex and Sean or their own private close encounter with the third kind. Which is a shame as the filmmaker shows a keen flair for creating both an interesting visual and aural palette.
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
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Generally Favorable Based on 6 User Ratings
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Production Company Movie Trailer House, Oddfellows Entertainment
Release Date Sep 28, 2018
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating TV-14
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Tagline Where the light ends, the human journey begins.
Website https://www.instagram.com/firstlightmovie/
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Awards

Leo Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Canadian Cinema Editors Awards
• 1 Nomination

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