Product: Prime
Rating: 5.0
An Irresistible Romantic Comedy
PRIME is an irresistible, often hilarious romantic comedy. The characters and the issues involved are real, and the film has an honest ending; the right ending. I loved this movie.Uma Thurman stars as a 37-year-old divorcee who falls for a 23-year old struggling, albeit talented, painter (Bryan Greenberg). Her shrink (Meryl Streep) initially approves of the relationship, because she thinks it will help her patient get out of her post-divorce funk.However, after a couple of weeks, Streep realizes that the new man in Uma's life is, in fact, her own son.Now, what does she do? Drop Uma as a patient...or continue to treat her?One thing that she does not want is for Bryan to be involved with Uma. As Meryl sees it, the age difference is not the only problem with the relationship. She's also concerned that Uma is not Jewish.There are some very funny scenes in this picture, such as the therapy sessions in which Uma describes to Meryl, in graphic detail, her sex life with her new boy friend. Mother Meryl's subdued reactions are priceless.Ben Younger wrote and directed this delightful film, which co-stars Jon Abrahams as Bryan's buddy who breaks-up with his girl friends in a very unique manner.DVD extras include deleted scenes and bloopers.Michael B. Druxman