Prime
2005 · Movie · 105 min. · United States
Prime is a sophisticated character comedy about Rafi (Uma Thurman), a recently divorced 37-year-old career woman from Manhattan, and what happens when Dave (Bryan Greenberg), a talented 23-year-old painter from Brooklyn, falls in love with her. Part counselor, part Jewish mother, Rafis therapist Lisa (Meryl Streep) is gingerly helping Rafi out of her post-divorce slump and through the urgent alarm of her ticking biological clock. Although doubtful that Rafis new fling (he is 23, after all) is an appropriate partner in the long term, Lisa encourages her patient to enjoy it and have fun. But once Lisa accidentally discovers that Rafis new boyfriend is, in fact, her son, Dave, she finds it increasingly difficult to act the good therapist while hearing intimate details of her sons love life. Soon, the secret is out and cultures clash, complications arise, civil arguments erupt and a storm of opinions swirl around the couple at the center of all this comic fuss. Prime looks at love from everyones point of viewfriends, relatives and in this case, Rafis therapistand follows all who come apart, and some who pull it together, when two people fall in love.
Direction Ben Younger
Cast Meryl Streep · Uma Thurman · Bryan Greenberg · Jon Abrahams · Adriana Biasi · David Younger · Palmer Brown · Zak Orth · Annie Parisse · Aubrey Dollar · Jerry Adler · Naomi Aborn · Mini Anden · Jennifer Marlowe · Ato Essandoh · Doris Belack
Soundtrack Ryan Shore
Screenplay Ben Younger
Cinematography William Rexer
Original title Prime
5.6
8K votes (FilmAffinity)
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