New York City forms the backdrop for writer/director Ben Younger's (BOILER ROOM) PRIME, a gentle comedy that weaves a tale of two lovers trying to keep the flame alive as an unusual obstacle is hurled in their path. Rafi Gardet (Uma Thurman) is a newly divorced 37-year-old career woman who regularly spills her woes to her therapist, Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep). Rafi's love life takes a sudden upturn when she meets Bryan Greenberg (David Bloomberg), a penniless painter who lives on the Lower East Side with his grandparents and, at 23, is significantly younger than Rafi. Uptown girl Rafi isn't used to such differences in age and location, but the sex is great, and Bryan seems attentive enough, so she jubilantly tells Lisa in passionate detail about their blossoming relationship. The trouble is, the more Rafi tells her, the more Lisa realizes that the hot young boy-toy Rafi is busy seducing on a nightly basis is, in fact, her own son. The problems mount, with Rafi's status as a gentile not going over well with Bryan's Jewish family, and Lisa unable to decide whether to stop the therapy sessions or not. Younger delivers a heady mixture of laughs and salient points in a film that settles snugly into familiar early-21st-century territory for romantic-comedy fans. He peppers the action with product placement, warm pastel colors in spacious FRIENDS-style New York apartments, and bitter recriminations that quickly turn to passionate makeup sex on more than one occasion. The director clearly enjoys a love affair with the city, with swooping shots throughout of the late-night Manhattan skyline providing the perfect setting as his two leads act out their bittersweet union.
Product Identifiers
Producer
Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd
EAN
5060116720143
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59535900
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title
Prime
Actor
Bryan Greenberg, Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Zak Orth, Jon Abrahams
Director
Ben Younger
Format
DVD
Language
English
Release Year
2006
Features
Commentary by Director & Producer\Deleted Scenes\Outtakes\Prime-Time Players
Run Time
100 Mins
Genre
Comedy, Romantic
Additional Product Features
Certificate
12A/12
Number of Discs
1
Director of Photography
William Rexer
Reviews
Sunday Mirror - A charming romantic drama featuring wonderful performances. Hilarious, Film Review - Smart, sassy and sophisticated...laugh out loud funny
Movie/TV Title
Prime
Composer
Ryan Shore
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