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Two women get a new and unusual perspective on the doctor/patient relationship in this romantic comedy. Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is a woman in her mid-thirties who has recently gone through a messy d... read more read more...ivorce. Rafi has been seeing an analyst, Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep), as she struggles to get back on her feet emotionally and look for new love. Rafi meets a man named David Bloomberg (Bryan Greenberg), and the two quickly hit it off, but Rafi isn't sure if she should pursue the relationship, since David is only 23 years old. After discussing the burgeoning romance during one of their weekly sessions, Lisa urges Rafi to take a plunge with David, and not be afraid to seek out the companionship she needs. However, there's something about David that Lisa doesn't know -- he's her son. Rafi doesn't know that Lisa is David's mother, either, and both psychiatrist and patient are thrown for a loop when they learn the truth. Prime was originally intended to star Sandra Bullock as Rafi, but she dropped out of the project shortly before filming began, reportedly due to disagreements with the director over the script, with Thurman taking her place. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Directed by: Ben Younger

Release Date: October 28, 2005

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  • Redlats
    May 19, 2012
    Redlats
    I thought this film was well done. Young pretty guy falls for beautiful "older" woman (Uma Thurman). It just turns out that Uma's shrink (Meryl Streep) is pretty guy's mom. Imagine the possibilities! Meryl plays the Jewish mother/therapist well.
  • danperry17
    October 29, 2011
    danperry17
    Disposable and enjoyable fluff that's funny, touching and vascillates between the realistic and the hyper-glossy. I was with it until about the last 15 minutes, when it started pulling punches and went saccharine on me. Lazily acted (even by Meryl Streep), but sharply written oth... read moreerwise... I'm damning it by faint praise, aren't I? I was mostly interested to see this because I liked Bryan Greenberg in Unscripted, where we saw him totally hungover trying to shoot the furniture store scenes. Take Nora Ephron and water her down, and you get a movie like this: it's not terrible, but that's about the best I can say for it.
  • murphmann93
    June 23, 2011
    murphmann93
    Loved this, it was new and exciting and showed you that no matter what age you can really have fun. I love Greenberg too, he is an absolute babe.
  • Deano78
    May 31, 2011
    Deano78
    An ok idea for a rom-com that throws up some funny scenes and situations. Not as funny overall as I thought it would be and the last third of the film starts to become more of a drama? Worth a watch once I guess.
  • purplemegan
    May 13, 2011
    purplemegan
    I enjoyed this movie. It was really awkward and Meryl Streep's character should have sought a second opinion from her supervisor. It's funny because a trainer doing an Ethics training mentioned this movie as an excellent example of an ethical dilemma in counseling and what not to... read more do about it.
  • BEACHBUNNI
    January 15, 2011
    BEACHBUNNI
    a light hearted love story about an older woman and a younger man with a 14year age difference......the story revolves around the therapist (meryl streep) councelling a woman (uma thurman)..on her love life when she discovers it is her own son her whole attitude changes.
    but in ... read morethe end common sense prevails.
  • LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    December 5, 2008
    LorenzoVonMatterhorn
    "She thought she could tell her therapist anything. But she's about to discover that she's already said too much..."

    Two women get a new and unusual perspective on the doctor/patient relationship in this romantic comedy. Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is a woman in her mid-t... read morehirties who has recently gone through a messy divorce. Rafi has been seeing an analyst, Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep), as she struggles to get back on her feet emotionally and look for new love. Rafi meets a man named David Bloomberg (Bryan Greenberg), and the two quickly hit it off, but Rafi isn't sure if she should pursue the relationship, since David is only 23 years old. After discussing the burgeoning romance during one of their weekly sessions, Lisa urges Rafi to take a plunge with David, and not be afraid to seek out the companionship she needs. However, there's something about David that Lisa doesn't know -- he's her son. Rafi doesn't know that Lisa is David's mother, either, and both psychiatrist and patient are thrown for a loop when they learn the truth.

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    Meryl Streep is the closest actress we've got to the great old stars of yesteryear. Bette Davis comes to mind. Meryl was trim and sexy a couple 6 years ago in "Adaptation" now in "Prime" she's a matronly Jewish mom filled with sense and sensibility. She is also very funny and the main reason to see this Jewish American farce. When she's on, we're on. I believed and enjoyed her predicament. I only wish the script, dealing with the relationship of Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg had been a bit smarter and more engaging. I bought that the sex was great and that Uma was discovering herself through this younger lover but their intimacy is clumsy and their dialogue very slight. It's as if the two Kaufman's of "Adaptation" were at work here and that the scenes involving Meryl were written by one and the scenes with the lovers by the other. The former ones however makes the evening a very pleasant one.
  • ironclad1609
    August 3, 2008
    ironclad1609
    The basic idea of the movie (a therapist counseling the woman her significantly younger son is dating) is actually pretty neat. Many movies would have tried and make a really low comedy about body fluids about it, but this film avoids most stereotypes and is actually all around s... read moreweet, charming and realistic. The acting of Thurman as gorgeous but insecure woman in her late 30s and Streep as two-faced therapist is perfect, newcomer Greenberg as lover and son convinces too. The ending made me feel somewhat torn, though. While I appreciated the movie daring to leave the pure romantic comedy aspect for a few more serious tones, I somehow would have wished for it to transfer the message that age difference can work out and is not always that big of a deal. Still, really worth seeing for its performances and really amusing story.
  • thmtsang
    November 10, 2007
    thmtsang
    Uma Thurman is divorced and starts to date a younger college graduate. Finds out his mother is her therapist.
  • wildaly14
    May 15, 2007
    wildaly14
    Good enough romantic comedy.

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Critic Reviews

Richard Roeper
October 31, 2005
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

The writing and direction by Ben Younger is crisp and insightful enough to prevail, and the performances are all very good. Full Review

Desson Thomson
October 28, 2005
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

Follows a familiar boy-meets-girl scenario, but Younger turns the routine into combustible fun. Full Review

Peter Howell
October 28, 2005
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

A movie as weirdly titled as it is constructed, the romantic comedy Prime is proof that even the great Meryl Streep occasionally slips up in her acting choices. Full Review

Ruthe Stein
October 28, 2005
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

A cut above the formulaic romances Hollywood typically grinds out. Full Review

Roger Moore
October 28, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

Manages a number of decent PG-13 laughs. Full Review

Lisa Rose
October 28, 2005
Lisa Rose, Newark Star-Ledger

A wildly uneven picture that is confused at its core. Full Review

Lou Lumenick
October 28, 2005
Lou Lumenick, New York Post

The sort of movie where all of the best jokes are in the trailer, but these days a romantic comedy with anything worth quoting at all is something of an accomplishment.

Jack Mathews
October 28, 2005
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

Occasionally amusing, generally fatuous. Full Review

Liam Lacey
October 28, 2005
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

Once the unlikely premise is established, the movie drags on, injected with one-liners and padded with way too many complicated misunderstandings, reconciliations and breakups. Full Review

Tom Long
October 28, 2005
Tom Long, Detroit News

It offers an unlikely romance in a somewhat comic situation, finding both humor and emotional truth.

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