[4] (Summary: A high school senior, Alex, encounters mysterious lights,and she gets amazing, supernatural abilities but no memory of who she is or how she got the powers.
However, the next day strange things start to happen around Alex: lights flickering, knives hovering in midair, and Sean’s catatonic grandma suddenly lively and back to normal.
The leader of the organization explains to Sean that “they” have chosen Alex as a means of communicating with Earth, possibly attempting to integrate with humanity.
A scientist chases them outside, where Alex takes control of the thousands of solar panels in the circle- communicating with “them” and lights begin to arrive.
[6] Chris Knight of the National Post gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The actors are fine, though the drab screenplay does them no favours.
"[7] Kevin Crust of the Los Angeles Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Pellerin and Scott are such deeply compelling performers that you are likely to forgive the familiarity of the lovers-on-the-run, first-contact narratives.
"[8] Nick Allen of RogerEbert.com gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Stone’s movie is one of the most frustrating kinds to run into while covering a festival comprised of upcoming filmmakers, the calling card project.
"[10] Peter Debruge of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote that it "doesn’t invent anything new, per se, but somehow, in splicing elements from other movies, it fails to achieve the emotional core of its own formula.
"[3] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Lacking the flash of big-budget blockbusters or the originality of a uniquely imagined world, First Light is left trying to make the best of overly familiar sci-fi themes.