Synopsis
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
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Cast
- Uma ThurmanRafi Gardet
- Meryl StreepLisa Metzger
- Bryan GreenbergDavid Bloomberg
- Jon AbrahamsMorris
- Adriana BiasiBay Ridge Blonde
- David YoungerBrother #1
- Palmer BrownBrother #2
- Zak OrthRandall
- Annie ParisseCatherine
- Aubrey DollarMichelle
Recommendations
- 80
The Hollywood Reporter
A prime example of a solid romantic comedy. - 75
Rolling Stone
Younger knows it's fun to watch Rafi and David cross lines of age, culture and religion. He also knows it's painful. That's what makes his movie hilarious and heartfelt. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
There are some one-liners that zing not only with humor but truth. On the whole I was satisfied. - 67
Christian Science Monitor
Frankly, the most disturbing thing about Prime is that Uma Thurman is now officially an Older Woman. - 60
Variety
Despite a comic Yiddishe mama turn by Meryl Streep and a sensitively nuanced performance by Uma Thurman in a convincing changeup from her recent kickass action roles, Prime remains an oddly juiceless older woman-younger man romance, with a Freudian twist. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
Not one bit of the story tracks. But with these women in these roles, you're asking for truth? - 50
The A.V. Club
Greenberg and Thurman are both engaging, but they can't quite compensate for their characters' shallowness. Streep, on the other hand, just can't stop compensating. Her oy-vey-can-you-believe-the-kid-and-his-shiksa performance is all studied mannerisms with no real heart. - 50
Dallas Observer
Younger, for whatever reason, simply can't abide their happiness, and so he destructs the relationship from time to time for no reason, using plot devices that wouldn't have been out of place in episodes of "Three's Company."
