Prime Reviews

Even though this movie doesn't seem to have a good reputation, I still enjoyed it. The point is that my wife is 11 years older than me so I was really pleased to watch a movie which actually dealt pretty well with the subject (the fact that I have a weak spot for romantic-comedies might have helped as well). Still, I have to admit it, the whole thing was rather flawed. The first thing that bothered me is that even though there was supposedly a gap of 14 years between the characters, in real life, the gap between Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg was just of 8 years. I know, it is a small detail but, as a result, when watching the movie, you never get the feeling that there is such a huge age difference between those two characters which undermined the impact of the plot. Furthermore, I didn’t care much about the sub-plot involving a mistaken identity (Uma Thurman is seeing a psychiater played by Meryl Streep who happens to be the mother of her new toyboy). I mean, Meryl Streep was quite brilliant but this other plot was rather underwhelming. Finally, I was disappointed that they didn’t end up together at the end, I’m still with my wife so why couldn’t they overcome those obstables as well?. In spite of these flaws, I still liked this movie. Indeed, the actors were pretty good and, above all, this relationship was really well written and some scenes and dialogs were just pitch perfect. To conclude, even though it is nothing amazing, I think it is actually pretty good and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

First of all, this is a romantic comedy and this is a good film to choose on a Saturday night with a pizza and a beer. I admit that this film is extremely underrated which does actually surprise me because it stars two very well-known actresses: possibly the greatest actress ever Meryl Streep and Kill Bill's Uma Thurman. It was a film that I actually really enjoyed all the way through but personally I think the ending ruined it because I got confused and, quite frankly, it didn't really make sense. If it didn't have a bad ending, I would have rated Prime 4-stars but because it was bad, I have to give it 3.5-stars now. What this film did have was a lot of humorous sexual jokes which made me laugh and it did have a story that became very personal which is what I like a lot in romantic comedies.


Uma Thurman's performance as Rafi was absolutely brilliant! She has been in some romantic comedies over the years and has delivered bad performances but she was absolutely terrific in Prime because she made her character so powerful and so serious. Uma is one of those actresses who play characters with such power in almost every single genre. Meryl Streep's performance as Lisa Metzger was awesome too which is absolutely typical because she is always awesome! After seeing her in this film, I cannot believe she is in her 60s. She looks about late 40s in this film. Her character was a bit messed up because she was controlling her son's life by wanting him to get a Jewish girlfriend. She is a nice woman but you need to crack her outer shell first so to speak so you can see what kind of person she really is. Her acting was awesome regarding when she was in scenes with Uma Thurman when they're having their private sessions together. Bryan Greenberg was absolutely brilliant as well as Dave. I really felt sorry for him because he wants to actually have a life like a normal 23-year-old does. When Dave got himself into awkward situations, he is so easy to laugh at.


This film was brilliantly directed! The director creates, in my mind, one of the rare romantic comedies that could end in tears for some people. That is the main reason why it is a very emotional story. I think it is more of a dramedy (comedy-drama) than a romantic comedy because I find it to have more drama in it than romance. The script was good regarding the sexual jokes but as far as the drama is concerned, it sort of failed at it which disappointed me slightly with it.


Prime is a film that can make lots of people laugh and cry but can make people cringe as well. Prime is one of the most underrated films ever. Overall, Prime is a good film that was ruined at the end which makes it average.

I'm not much of a romantic comedy watching kind of guy but I do watch some from time to time. And Prime is one and its a mediocre one at best.
The movie is about a older just divorced women that meets a much younger man and the twist is that the man's mother is the women's therapist. While its interesting at first, the movie seems to drop the whole idea when the therapist tells the woman and the rest of the movie is just a normal romantic comedy.
While the acting isn't terrible it really isn't great and score wise the music isn't special.
I can't really say anything really nice about the movie since it's really mediocre and if watched and enjoyed it must be done by a die hard romantic comedy fan.