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Mar 30, 2018 · “First Match” is a tough film with a tender streak for its protagonist and her struggles. Emanuelle’s performance carries the film past its episodic feel and into a sense of a young woman at the crossroads of her life.
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Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood decides that joining the all-boys wrestling team is the only way back to her estranged father.
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- Elvire Emanuelle
- Olivia Newman
- Drama
Compelling teen drama has violence and language. Read Common Sense Media's First Match review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Olivia Newman
- Renee Schonfeld
- Netflix
Apr 5, 2018 · A teenager in still-ungentrified Brooklyn finds an unlikely way of connecting to her ex-con father in Olivia Newman’s First Match: Having learned her dad’s wrestling moves as a kid, she ...
- THR Staff
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 10, 2018. Joe Reid Decider. As a platform for a pair of incredibly exciting new talents, one behind the camera and one in front of it, First Match is a...
Mar 13, 2018 · ‘First Match’ Review: A Gripping Coming-of-Age Drama About a Girl Wrestling Her Way Out of the Projects — SXSW. A breakout performance from Elvire Emanuelle anchors a strong...
Mar 30, 2018 · Written and directed by first-timer Olivia Newman, this Netflix coming-of-age melodrama is dogged by a faint but lingering whiff of poverty porn.
