Prime (Widescreen Edition)
by Ben Younger
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Actor: Adriana Biasi, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams, Meryl Streep, Uma ThurmanDirector: Ben Younger
Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
Cinematographer: William Rexer
Writer: Ben Younger
Editor: Kristina Boden
Producer: Mark Gordon
Producer: Bob Yari
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 106 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-03-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Prime (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Skirting the clich?s
Summary: 4 Stars
A 23-year-old man falls for an "older" (37-year-old) woman whose therapist is the young man's mom. Great potential for clich?, right? "Love conquers all" and all that. But "Prime" treats its audience with a bit of intelligence, providing delightful servings of both drama and comedy. Uma Thurman plays Rafi, a fashion maven whose marriage just fell apart. She bumps into 23-year-old David (played with intelligence and bumbling charm by Bryan Greenberg) at a movie theater. The pair can't take their eyes off each other and are soon a going thing.
A couple of mild spoilers: Rafi's spills the beans on her new relationship to her therapist, played with ticky hilarity by Meryl Streep. All is well until it dawns on Streep that Rafi's new paramour is none other than her own son. This much you could glean from the DVD cover. The movie's comedy comes from watching Streep's discomfort as she hears more than she wants to about her kid. But leavening the laughs is the truly serious story of two people wondering whether they are right for each other and whether the age difference can be overcome in spite of the fire of their passion. Greenberg finds the razor's edge to play a David who mature and sensitive --for his age -- but still a kid at heart. Rafi loves her new lover, but wonders about integrating him into her circle of close and quirky friends. David's piggish friend Morris is the perfect comic foil, diverting the excess comic energy from David -- who must remain as serious as he is funny. The movie does not downplay the difficulties of its character's differences and the surprise ending is the perfect topper for this smart, engaging film.
Summary of Prime (Widescreen Edition)
Prime is a sophisticated character comedy set in New York City 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. The film looks at love from everyone's point-of-view friends relatives and in this case Rafi's therapist Lisa (Meryl Streep) and follows all who comes apart and some who pull it together when two people fall in love.System Requirements:Running Time: 106 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?025192630620 Manufacturer No:?26306Bolstered by an appealing cast and the comedic genius of Meryl Streep, Prime is an above-average "rom-com" that never stoops to compromise. The plot conceived by writer/director Ben Younger (Boiler Room) is a bit far-fetched, but once he's established that 37-year-old Gentile divorcee Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is unknowingly dating the 23-year-old son (Bryan Greenberg) of her Jewish psychotherapist (played by Streep), the unlikely premise gets an intelligent workout, touching upon all of the issues that would realistically emerge as their dilemma is taken to its logical (or illogical) extremes. As a pair of genuinely devoted lovers in their sexual prime (hence the title), Thurman and Greenberg make this movie a constant joy to watch (and let's face it, Uma's utterly irresistible as an "older woman" who's looking for Mr. Right). But it's Streep's mastery of multi-layered expression and subtle comedic timing that makes Prime so engaging. Younger is also refreshingly resistant to easy solutions and conventional feel-good sentiment; he constantly steers Prime toward a sensible examination of a hazardous romance, never insulting the intelligence of his characters or his audience. The result is a mature, honest relationship comedy that never feels forced, but still offers plenty of good, solid laughs. --Jeff Shannon
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