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Memorable, crazy movie

best movie i've ever seen.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

The way that you portray "men"... or that there is no suitable father out there that can meet obviously what seem to be "unrealistic needs" is quite a harsh thing to say. The whole thing comes off very pretentious. Social inequality is the main factor for your somewhat twisted views. Your father was spot on. The man has it right. You really didn't put in the time or effort to look for him and nurture a relationship with him so that it would be what you wanted it to be. And if it is proximity, the world is a big place and you are a film maker. Travel.It seems like you just want a quick fix and the child is going to suffer for it because he or she deserves two loving parents and focal points to see what love is and that it takes "real work" to make a relationship happen. I've never posted an IMDb review before but this film completely repulsed me on it's presentation of stereotype and class bias. If you can't find a man on your social level then reach down and uplift a good a decent one who has fallen on hard times that is cute and has a nice ass and makes you smile... He will love you for it and put in the effort required to make it work. It really should not be that hard.If NYC is anything like Toronto it's probably a meat grinder and all the good decent men have a story behind them. Patience and bonding is part of love, your parents understood it, that's why you feel it, and your child might just be robbed of that because of your resentment of men.But then again, to each their own. In matters of opinion, there can be no dispute. Whatever makes you happy, and wish you well.

If the love to which Nina Davenport refers in First Comes Love is the narcissistic love of oneself, then she has picked the perfect title for her documentary, which follows her over the two years following her decision to be a single mom Don't get me wrong. Nina packs a mean camera. Since she does her filming herself, I have to give her kudos for her control of the camera as she films family conversations, the public humiliation of her father, and her own manipulation of her friends and family into doing the work while she sits back and experiences the day. Not everyone can pull it off. She does. The problem is that she pulls it off at the expense of so many around her.There is a need for these documentaries. Many women who are not in love relationships are desperate to have children, and time is not on their side, so the odds are never in their favor. Their experiences charting that difficult course are worth noticing. But I have to agree with Nina's dad. It's not fair for her to bring a child into the world. She is not self-sufficient, so how can she possibly take on the added burden (and joy) of a child. He was right. Six months after her fabulous son was born, she was at her father's house asking why, oh why, wouldn't he support her? Her, a Harvard grad who just wants to be a filmmaker and take years, years, and more years to make films that will not pay her bills. It's that sense of entitlement that comes from having grown up entitled.Her journey is one worth recording. Her version of her journey is so reminiscent a woman looking into a pond and admiring her own image that it's hard to stomach. She should try watching her own documentary as if she were any of the other people in it – from their perspective and she might see, just for a moment or two, why those around her don't find her all that easy to be around. That said, I wish her and her son all the best. And, a piece of advise from the mother of a twenty-seven year old. Give him a bedtime. We all need one.

I've never written an IMDb review, but I was moved to do so because the only two reviews on here so far are by people who didn't see the same film as me. Nina Davenport does groundbreaking work in "First Comes Love," taking us on a deeply personal journey as she decides to make the controversial, modern decision of having an IVF baby without a husband. The film feels so intimate because it is almost entirely shot by the director and subject of the movie, Nina. Nina carries us all over New York City, where she lives, and Detroit, where she grew up, and when she wants to be on screen she just hands the camera over to whomever she's with or places it where ever she can to get a shot (including just shooting into the mirror). This technique seems to fit the subject matter and gives the film the feeling of a narrated home movie. Nina hold the camera and lets us observe her life with her. There are several compelling characters in the movie including her loving mother, less than loving father and many close friends and relatives. She takes an expectation free, observer approach to her interactions with these characters as they give their opinions, feelings, advice, and support to her decision. There are times when people say things to her that would make most feel they have just been kicked in the face, but Nina just lets it roll off her back as she asks a follow up question. Her relationship skills allows the viewer to make up their own mind about the characters in the film and provides another device for drawing us in to the story. After making the decision to have the baby, I found myself captivated by all the decisions she has to make and all the hurdles she must overcome. Nina has a beautiful baby who she lovingly captures in the movie and once he comes it is a journey in itself to watch how he reacts to his unconventional first couple years of life.I say Bravo Nina Davenport! You did it your way and this film is the thought provoking, compelling, artistic result.

Nina Davenport is a very talented, very engaging documentary film maker. Yet, she focuses on the mundane issues of her own existence. Despite having the camera trained on anything but herself, she manipulates every situation (at least those edited into the film to create a narrative) to be about her. The problem with this angle is that she is unable to create a universal connection or a common thread that will resonate with a diverse audience. It feels like the only people she's concerned with are those like her- people who can't find a soul mate. It's unfortunate. I've dated this type of woman. Same age, similar hang ups. I feel for her and people like her, I really do. However, there's a better documentary to be made examining the nature of those who are perpetually single and those who choose to have a child without a partner, or out of wedlock in friendship rather than love.She clearly isn't getting rich off these documentaries and has to supplement her income in other ways. This is a common thread from her previous film, Always A Bridesmaid, about being a perpetually single wedding videographer. This film is a solid continuation of Bridesmaid, made 13 years prior. She hasn't seemed to have changed much, apart from the typical alterations due to aging. I wonder what her next "big" documentary will be about- menopause? Retiring? Could she retire? What would retirement look like for her?