Product: Prime
Rating: 4.0
Different Than Most Romantic Comedies
Following up the "Kill Bill" movies, Uma Thurman takes a completely different direction for the romantic comedy "Prime". While this movie is destined to be labeled as a romantic comedy, it's not a romantic comedy in the traditional sense of that word. It doesn't have the cheesy music and the bad dialogue...Well, it does kinda. The movie has it's romantic comedy stereotypes and all, but at the end it takes a different direction. The end of the film is kind of depressing and perfect...The movie itself, however, is far from perfect. It's flawed, but entertaining and at times very funny. Thurman plays Rafi, a recently divorced 37-year old woman, who's trying to return her to life to normal while seeing a therapist (Meryl Streep, far from Oscar territory). Then there's David (Bryan Greenberg), a 23 year old aspiring painter who lives with his grandparents and spends his days with a friend who throws pies in the faces of woman who don't have sex with him. The "pie" scene was one of the funniest scenes I've seen in a romantic comedy lately. Anyway, David and Rafi meet and despite their age begin to fall in love. Problem is, David's mother happens to be Rafi's therapist. The movie does a nice job of building up to the audience discovering this, although the audience probably already knows at this point. Unlike movies, such asRumor Has It, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Failure to Launch, and others (although I did like all three of those movies) this movie does not share that mood and that cute quality. It's a much more moodier, sadder romantic comedy. It belongs up there in the category of "Shopgirl" (although, for the record, that was a much better film). Anyway, just because it's different doesn't mean its better than the forementioned films but that doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it either. Thurman and Greenberg have a good charisma on screen together and Streep shows some of her comedic talents. Thurman and Streep are both a long way from their other film roles, but they still pull it off.GRADE: B+