Prime (2005)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387514/
Written & directed by: Ben Younger
Runtime: 105min
Cast: Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Drama
Tagline: She thought she could tell her therapist anything; she's about to discover that she's already said too much...

This movie is a versatile, atypical comedy about aspects of a controversial relationship between a 37-year-old divorcee and a young artist. Recently divorced Rafi meets David and they start seeing each other. Meanwhile, Rafi tells her therapist details about her relationship, who encourages her to forget the age difference and get involved with the guy, only until she finds out that the guy Rafi is going out with, is actually her son.

I didn’t get the title, later I read that it has to do something with the ages, which are both prime numbers. Weird, it could have been more creative. The storytelling is great; we find out later on in the movie that David is Lisa Metzger’s son, and things get complicated and funny. Also, some events are first talked about during the therapy session and afterwards shown as it happened. The movie deals with subjects such as the importance and effects of age difference in a relationship, religion, and psychiatric ethics. The action is set in a contemporary Manhattan, and the whole movie tends to be realistic. The presented affair is not an ordinary one, it is not sweetened, all kinds of realistic problems arise and the characters act as they would probably do in real life. There are hilarious moments during the film; imagine yourself telling intimate things about your relationship to the mother of your partner. I laughed my head off, but also realized how embarrassing that would be. Plus that the shrink has a therapist herself, was weird in a funny way. Meryl Streep was brilliant, and Uma Thurman seemed like a nice choice for a still attractive woman at that age.

Definitely a good film, it is no chick-flick, not even romantic in the traditional sense and doesn’t end cliché-like. It’s a down to earth comedy about an unconventional relationship with issues, which sometimes set people apart. Will they make it to the future?