Prime

  • 12
  • Ben Younger (2005)
  • US
  • 101 min
Prime
Film Review
Reviewed By
3 out of 5

Uma Thurman stars as a 37-year-old divorcee who falls for fresh-faced newcomer Bryan Greenberg. However, the real chemistry here is between Thurman and Meryl Streep, her therapist, who is also Greenberg's mother ... While the lovebirds are unaware of this unholy triangle, Streep is pulled in all directions as she tries to reconcile her responsibility to her client with her desire for her son to marry a nice Jewish girl. This set-up could have ended as an irritating collection of skits, but instead writer/director Ben Younger aims to uncover deeper truths about relationships and serves up his conclusions with a wickedly deadpan humour. Unfortunately, Thurman and Greenberg aren't entirely convincing as a couple, so whenever Streep is offscreen, the story tends to drag. Yet, even with its imperfections, Prime is an entertaining piece of slightly heightened reality.

Plot Summary

Romantic comedy starring Meryl Streep, Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg. After a bitter divorce, 37-year-old fashion photographer Rafi Gardet starts dating 23-year-old Jewish painter David Bloomberg, and concerns over the age gap lead her to confide in her psychoanalyst, Lisa Metzger. But unknown to Gardet, Bloomberg is Metzger's only son, and revelations about the relationship test her professional detachment and her plan to see her boy marrying a nice Jewish girl.

Cast and crew

Cast

Lisa Metzger
Meryl Streep
Rafi Gardet
Uma Thurman
David Bloomberg
Bryan Greenberg
Morris
Jon Abrahams
Randall
Zak Orth
Katherine
Annie Parisse

Crew

Director
Ben Younger

Other Information

Language: 
English
Colour
Theatrical distributor: 
Momentum Pictures
Guidance: 
Contains some swearing.
Available on DVD
Released 12 May 2006
Certificate 12
Categories
Comedy

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