As a blockbuster hit.... It deserves many award and recognition like:

• Top Awards 2010 - Best Movie of the Year, First Love (won)
• Top Awards 2010 - Best Film Actor, First Love Mario Maurer (won)
• Top Awards 2010 - Best Film Rising Star Female for First Love Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul (won)
• MThai Awards 2011 - Star Couple for 2011, First Love, Mario Maurer and Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul(won)
• Asian Film Awards 2010 - Best Supporting Actor, Mario Maurer (nominated)
• Starpics Thai Films Awards 2010 - Best Actor, Mario Maurer (won)
• Bangkok Critics Assembly 2010 - Best Actor, Mario Maurer (nominated)
• Star Entertainment Awards 2010 - Best Actor, Mario Maurer (nominated)
• Seventeen Choice - Hottie Male, Mario Maurer (won)

Feedbacks and reviews

The film got the good impression and positive reviews from critics and audiences, despite being filmed with an average budget. In Thailand, the film placed in 3rd place from its weekend gross in almost a hundred cinemas in Thailand, then an impressive up to 2nd place on the next weekend behind Kuan Mun Ho. The other two movies (including Toy Story 3) simultaneously released with First Love dropped to 3rd and 4th respectively. The film managed to maintain its position in 3rd place the following weekends and stayed inside the top 5 for six consecutive weeks. The film was shown in cinemas for nearly ten weeks (until October 2010) - making it one of the longest running movies in Thailand cinemas. In total, the film got an excellent gross of $2,659,443, becoming 8th highest gross movie of 2011 (beating Prince of Persia, The Chronicles of Narnia, Inception, Step Up 3-D, Alice in Wonderland, Tron Legacy), and the second highest grossing local produced film in Thailand.

By early 2011, copies of the film were uploaded on the Internet. Several countries got interested to get the rights to broadcast or release the film. Since then, some audiences got also a high interest to watch the film in their countries.

In the Philippines, the movie made a high impact to viewers after it was dubbed in Filipino and shown on free TV on June 5, 2011 on ABS-CBN, where it dominated the daytime viewership ratings ^[1], both in Manila people ratings ^[2] and household ratings ^[3] and Nationwide ratings ^[4]. Just 2 weeks after it was first shown on free TV, on June 20, the film repeated in afternoon slot. The movie block time slot got the highest rating compare to its counterpart programs.

Sequel

There are rumors that this film will have a sequel with the working title of First Love: The Sequel 9 Years Gone. This was confirmed by the director but still on the draft process and there is no official release date yet. Also, another rumor states that another sequel, First Love: The Proposal, is on plans and would follow the events after First Love: The Sequel 9 Years Gone. Rumors also state that Mario Maurer and Fern Pimchanok Leuwisedpaiboon might reprise their roles.