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Prime (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 114 Fresh: 56  Rotten:58 Average Rating: 5.6/10
 
Consensus: Though Streep is dependably terrific in her role, the rest of the movie is too sitcom-ish, and the romance itself is dull.
 

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Rated: 12A

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Theatrical Release: 12-05-2006

Synopsis: New York City forms the backdrop for writer/director Ben Younger's (BOILER ROOM) PRIME, a gentle comedy that weaves a tale of two lovers trying to keep the flame alive as an unusual obstacle is hurled in their path. Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is a newly divorced 37-year-old career woman who... New York City forms the backdrop for writer/director Ben Younger's (BOILER ROOM) PRIME, a gentle comedy that weaves a tale of two lovers trying to keep the flame alive as an unusual obstacle is hurled in their path. Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is a newly divorced 37-year-old career woman who regularly spills her woes to her therapist, Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep). Rafi's love life takes a sudden upturn when she meets Bryan Greenberg (David Bloomberg), a penniless painter who lives on the Lower East Side with his grandparents and, at 23, is significantly younger than Rafi. Uptown girl Rafi isn't used to such differences in age and location, but the sex is great, and Bryan seems attentive enough, so she jubilantly tells Lisa in passionate detail about their blossoming relationship. The trouble is, the more Rafi tells her, the more Lisa realizes that the hot young boy-toy Rafi is busy seducing on a nightly basis is, in fact, her own son. The problems mount, with Rafi's status as a gentile not going over well with Bryan's Jewish family, and Lisa unable to decide whether to stop the therapy sessions or not. Younger delivers a heady mixture of laughs and salient points in a film that settles snugly into familiar early-21st-century territory for romantic-comedy fans. He peppers the action with product placement, warm pastel colors in spacious FRIENDS-style New York apartments, and bitter recriminations that quickly turn to passionate makeup sex on more than one occasion. The director clearly enjoys a love affair with the city, with swooping shots throughout of the late-night Manhattan skyline providing the perfect setting as his two leads act out their bittersweet union. [More]

Genre: Romance, Theatrical Release

Starring: Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams, Zak Orth

Director: Ben Younger
Screenwriter: Ben Younger
Producer: Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 3, 2006

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English, French
  • Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish

Additional Release Material:

  • Commentary - Ben Younger - Director/Jennifer Todd - Producer
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurette - Prime-Time Players
  • Outtakes

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05/13/06
Robert Hanks
Independent
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[Prime is] an enjoyable romcom, it's sharply observed and has some interesting things to say about relationships. Worth seeing.

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05/12/06
Matthew Turner
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Never really rises above comedic fluff, no matter how introspective or bittersweet it becomes.

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Rich Cline
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Really is nice, often charming, occasionally funny.

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03/01/07
Doris Toumarkine
Film Journal International
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Not very funny, I didn't like it.

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11/20/06
Ross Anthony
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10/07/06
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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2.5/4

Ironically, this therapeutic romantic comedy ultimately suffers from too many unexplored issues.

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09/27/06
Camerin Courtney
Christianity Today
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3/5

Meryl Streep brilla en esta comedia romántica graciosa y disfrutable sobre el amor, los prejuicios, y otras costumbres muy humanas.

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09/22/06
Enrique Buchichio
Uruguay Total
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Though it's derivative and it doesn’t all hang together, it’s still better and smarter than the average romantic comedy -- give me Ben Younger over Nora Ephron any day.

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07/01/06
Jeremy C. Fox
Pajiba
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You'd get/give a second date after this one. Probably.

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05/12/06
Harry Guerin
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05/12/06
Jim Lane
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...mature and surprisingly thoughtful...

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03/18/06
David Nusair
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4/5

All of "Prime" is ripe for the kind of discovery that comes with seeing it on a video store shelf after either passing it a few times or not finding what you wanted the first time.

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Rory L. Aronsky
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