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  • 2024
  • The Roku Channel
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2024
  • The Roku Channel
  • 1 h 37 m
First Time Female Director

Summary With First Time Female Director, Chelsea Peretti wears all the hats. Making her directorial debut, the comedian is also on hand as writer and producer, and she leads a hilarious, star-studded cast as Sam, a playwright working for a small local theater in Glendale. When the theater’s director is fired for inappropriate behavior, Sam is th...

Directed By: Chelsea Peretti

Written By: Chelsea Peretti

  • 2024
  • The Roku Channel
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 2024
  • The Roku Channel
  • 1 h 37 m

First Time Female Director

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary With First Time Female Director, Chelsea Peretti wears all the hats. Making her directorial debut, the comedian is also on hand as writer and producer, and she leads a hilarious, star-studded cast as Sam, a playwright working for a small local theater in Glendale. When the theater’s director is fired for inappropriate behavior, Sam is th...

Directed By: Chelsea Peretti

Written By: Chelsea Peretti

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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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17% Positive
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50% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
40
17% Positive
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50% Mixed
3 Reviews
33% Negative
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70
Mar 10, 2024
Despite its sometimes rocky editing and crowded ensemble, First Time Female Director does what it sets out to do: make you laugh and laugh hard.
By Taylor Gates FULL REVIEW
54
Jun 23, 2023
Theoretically, it’s a solid generator of comic tension, with a clear timeline taking the production through rehearsals, tech, dress, opening night, and beyond. But Peretti dices these segments into so many blackout sketches that the whole thing feels as weirdly protracted and repetitive as the frequent slow-mo shots Peretti inserts for reasons beyond my understanding.
By Jesse Hassenger FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 22, 2024
The film begins to sag the deeper we get into Sam’s story, which requires more digging than Peretti can give us. The jokes are rarely the same, but they hit similar notes; the problems with the characters feel repetitive; and the movie circles the same ideas until plot points need to be tidied.
By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 11, 2024
Though its loose, improvisatory feel is suited to the material, most of its humor feels like the first draft of a better film — as though the entire movie consists of what should have been deleted scenes.
By Michael Nordine FULL REVIEW
33
Feb 22, 2024
First Time Female Director is a tremendous disappointment because Peretti is such a gifted performer; it’s understandable to go in pulling for her (this viewer certainly did), but those layers of goodwill just peel away as scene after scene simply does not work. Too much of what she’s assembled is just half-hearted cringe comedy—much of it without the comedy half of the equation.
By Jason Bailey FULL REVIEW
30
Feb 22, 2024
Its endless, unfunny humor is tiresome and obnoxious, the commentary is short-lived, and jokes related to Sam’s unpreparedness are repetitive.
By Patrice Witherspoon FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Tideline Entertainment, Paper Kite Productions
Release Date Mar 8, 2024
Duration 1 h 37 m
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