Jennifer (Leelee Sobieski) is a 17-year-old Goth with multiple face-piercings and a fondness for graveyards. In `My First Mister,' starring Albert Brooks and Leelee Sobieski, the union works so beautifully in the first half of the film I thought even I could try it. Amused by watching an older man decorate the window of a men's shop, J asks about his 'Help Wanted' sign. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/my-first-mister/8d6kgwzl61qb And I really, really have better things to be doing with my time than watching a film where a 17 year old girl has a relationship containing any sexual or romantic connotations with a guy in his late forties. The film is the story of an alienated teen (Leelee Sobieski) who forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely clothing store manager (Albert Brooks). 52 Films Directed by Women 3: Days, Not Weeks. Read the transcript • Trailer transcripts • Credits • Home media • Soundtrack • Production • Trivia • Gallery My First Mister is a 2001 film written by Jill Franklyn and directed by Christine Lahti. Randall (Albert Brooks) is a middle-aged salesman with an obsessively tidy life and a fear of anything new. The film is the story of an alienated teen (Leelee Sobieski) who forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely clothing store manager (Albert Brooks). My First Mister Beetlejuice aside, mainstream movies rarely treat goths as sympathetic human beings; more often, they're tucked into the margins, relegated to roles as lurking creeps. The film is the story of an alienated goth teen (Leelee Sobieski) who forms an unlikely friendship with a lonely men's clothing store owner (Albert Brooks). The subject matter of My First Mister is one that is *very* difficult to pull off. My First Mister (May 20/02) . My First Mister is a 2001 film written by Jill Franklyn and directed by Christine Lahti. MY FIRST MISTER is an unforgettable film Leonard Maltin applauds as "Wonderful and unpredictable!" My First Mister is a 2001 film written by Jill Franklyn, and directed by actress Christine Lahti. I did not much notice her in "Deep Impact" (1998) and wanted to avert my eyes from the entire movie during "Jungle2Jungle" (1997). My First Mister ★★½ 2001 (R)Explores the delicate friendship between two lost and lonely souls. My First Mister When Jennifer 'call me J' (Leelee Sobieski, "Joy Ride") loses her job at a fringe goth/punk shop, the pierced and tattooed teen heads for the local mall. Looking for a job, she is unexpectedly hired as a stock clerk by men's clothing salesman, Randall (Brooks), a middle-aged conservative in both dress and manner. "My First Mister" is the latest in a series of wonderful performances in a career so busy that earlier in 2001 she appeared in "The Glass House" and "Joy Ride" (which opened only a week ago). 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