

My First Mister
Mismatched. Misguided. Unmistakably friends.
Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5.3M
- Box office
- $595K
- Language
- English
- high school
- friends
- misfit
- teenage girl
- older man younger woman relationship
- rebellious youth
- gothic
- opposites
- divorced parents
- woman director
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Germany, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRSundance Film Festival18 Jan 2001
- Theatrical (limited)R12 Oct 2001
- TheatricalR26 Oct 2001
CanadaCA
- TheatricalR25 Oct 2001
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1225 Oct 2001
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My First Mister was released on 12 October 2001.
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1- W7/10
Wuchak
9/23/2025
**_Love is key to let down the mask and unite_** An alienated 17 years-old girl hiding behind piercings (Leelee Sobieski) applies for a job at a swank clothing store in a Los Angeles mall and starts an interesting relationship with the 49 years-old manager (Albert Brooks). But what’s the nature of their connection? The curiously titled "My First Mister" (2001) was Christine Lahti’s only directorial effort, as f…
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