The First Time (2009 film)

The First Time
Directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
Produced by Regner Grasten
Written by Søren Frellesen
Dennis Jürgensen
Starring Devon Werkheiser
Scout Taylor-Compton
Tania Verafield
Ken Luckey
Adam J. Bernstein
Nicholas Braun
Daniel Polo
Sean Marquette
Twink Caplan
James Eckhouse
Rebecca Staab
Production
company
Regner Grasten International
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Running time
 87 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The First Time is a 2009 American teen comedy film directed by Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg, based on the book Love At First Hicup by Dennis Jürgensen. The film is an American remake of the Danish film Kærlighed ved første hik, which was released in 1999.

The film is centered on a high school freshman Victor (played by Devon Werkheiser), who falls in love with the beautiful senior Anya (played by Scout Taylor-Compton) at "first hiccup." The film follows their budding romance as they learn to overcome the little hiccups that can be found in all relationships.

Plot

Freshman, Victor Knudsen, falls for the beautiful senior, Anya Benton. When introducing himself he hiccups as he says his name. The student body soon begins to mock him, especially Anya's boyfriend Peter, who calls him "Viccup". At a party, Victor and Anya bump into each other and they share a Spider-Man style kiss to stop his hiccups, which ends up being a dream.

The next day, Victor overhears Peter and Marisa talking about Anya's virginity in the bathroom. Peter reveals to Marisa that he wants to have sex with Anya on Wednesday because her parents won't be home. Victor believes that Peter doesn't really love Anya, and so he goes to her house to warn her of Peter's intentions but he chickens out, and only whispers it under his breath as she drives off.

On Wednesday night, Peter and Anya are drinking wine in Anya's bedroom with Victor looking on through her window. Peter and Anya start kissing to which Victor tries to stop by ringing Anya's door bell claiming he is there to pick up his younger brother Zack, who is best friends with Anya's brother, Brian. However, when Anya reveals that neither of their brothers are home, Peter shuts the door. Victor then rings the door bell again claiming to have lost his wallet in Anya's house. When Anya says that Victor didn't enter the house and so couldn't have possibly lost it there, Victor starts to fake a coughing fit and asks to come inside for a glass of milk. Once he's finished his milk, Victor continues to try and postpone Anya and Peter having sex by putting away the dishes. Peter is now fed up of Victor and throws him out of the house. Anya's parents and brother then arrive home, and her father decides to ring the door bell. Peter thinks it's Victor again and starts loudly swearing profanities about wanting to be left alone so that he can sleep with Anya, and is horrified when he opens the door to find Anya's family on the other side.

The next day, Victor receives an invitation to Anya's 18th birthday party, which unbeknownst to Victor was actually made by Brian. As Zack and Brian want Victor's attempts to woo Anya to fail so they can make their film "Victor and Anya: What Not To Do When One Wants To Get Some Ass", they advise Victor to buy her a tarantula for her birthday present claiming that she has always wanted one. When Anya opens Victor's present her whole family freak out, except Anya's dad who finds it hilarious. In Anya's bedroom, Victor starts hiccupping again, and Anya leans in to kiss him to stop the hiccups but they are interrupted by her father who says that they can't find the tarantula, and then offers Victor a ride home.

Victor apologizes to Anya and offers to take her out for lunch which she accepts, much to the annoyance of Peter who had planned to take her to the Four Seasons that day. He takes her to Pyramid Lake where they rent a row boat. While relaxing on the boat, Anya says that Victor isn't a loser and kisses him. She then asks if Victor is also a virgin, and when he replies that he is, she invites him to come over to her house on Wednesday to have sex with him, as her parents will be out playing cards.

Victor goes to a drug store with the intention to buy condoms but is too embarrassed, so to do so he pays Zack to buy them for him (which he refers to as "jimmy hats").

On Wednesday night, Victor arrives at Anya's house. After having a glass of milk to "break the ice" they start kissing and making out only to find the tarantula in Anya's bed. Anya's parents then suddenly arrive back home. Anya's father requests that he have a chat with Victor in the kitchen. In the kitchen, Anya's father says he realizes that Anya and Victor both like each other and that it is fine with him if they want to have sex as he works for an advertising company trying to convince young people that condoms are "hip".

The next day, Anya invites Victor to hang out with her and Marisa. When Anya and Marisa arrive they see a girl kissing Victor. Despite Victor claiming he has no idea who the girl was, Anya thinks Victor was only pretending to like her to show off to his friends, and runs off crying.

The next day, Zack and Brian show Victor the film they have been making, now with the title "How To Not Get Some," which reveals that Peter paid his cousin, Lisa, to kiss Victor in front on Anya and Marisa the day before. Victor then takes the film to show it to Anya, however he gets into a car accident, ending up in hospital whilst the DVD is run over by the car.

Anya visits Victor in hospital apologizing that she didn't believe him about the girl who kissed him. When he asks her how she found out the truth, she says Zack and Brian had extra copies of the film which she watched and then destroyed. Anya claims that the film was good to expose Peter as a "cousin lover" as Zack and Brian filmed Peter and Lisa kissing. Meanwhile at school, all the students have downloaded the clip and laugh as Peter gets in sight.

The film ends with Zack and Brian trying to film Victor and Anya again but their camera runs out of battery.

During the credits, Victor performs the song "If Eyes Could Speak" to Anya.

Cast

Release

There was no theatrical release for The First Time in the United States. However, it was shown in theaters elsewhere in the world. The movie was released on DVD by Echo Bridge on November 3, 2010. The DVD includes no special features, and due to its mild success there has not been an announcement regarding a Blu-ray release.

Title Discrepancy

The film is also listed under Love at First Hiccup. The American DVD however calls the movie The First Time, leaving the hiccup-related section as the byline: "It was love at first hiccup". When aired on Television, the film takes after its DVD title. According to actress, Scout Taylor-Compton, the film will air on ABC Family, but nothing has been officially announced.

Music

The opening song is performed by Sandy Simmons and Kimberly Cole. This song is called "The First Time". The song called "You're the one" by Sascha Dupont starts appearing frequently since Anya and Victor started dating. The ending credits are accompanied by Devon Werkheiser's first single, If Eyes Could Speak, which he (as Victor) is singing to Anya.

External links

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