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Prime

  • 20052005
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
41K
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Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, and Bryan Greenberg in Prime (2005)
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  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Romance
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
41K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Ben Younger
  • Writer
    • Ben Younger
  • Stars
    • Uma Thurman
    • Meryl Streep
    • Bryan Greenberg
Top credits
  • Director
    • Ben Younger
  • Writer
    • Ben Younger
  • Stars
    • Uma Thurman
    • Meryl Streep
    • Bryan Greenberg
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 211User reviews
    • 121Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Trailer 0:31
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    Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg in Prime (2005)
    Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep in Prime (2005)
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    Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep in Prime (2005)
    Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep in Prime (2005)
    Annie Parisse at an event for Prime (2005)
    Annie Parisse at an event for Prime (2005)
    Annie Parisse at an event for Prime (2005)
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    Uma Thurman and Bryan Greenberg at an event for Prime (2005)
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    Uma Thurman
    Uma Thurman
    • Rafi Gardet
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Lisa Metzger
    Bryan Greenberg
    Bryan Greenberg
    • David Bloomberg
    Jon Abrahams
    Jon Abrahams
    • Morris
    Adriana Biasi
    • Bay Ridge Blonde
    David Younger
    • Brother #1
    Palmer Brown
    • Brother #2
    Zak Orth
    Zak Orth
    • Randall
    Annie Parisse
    Annie Parisse
    • Katherine
    Aubrey Dollar
    Aubrey Dollar
    • Michelle
    Jerry Adler
    Jerry Adler
    • Sam
    Doris Belack
    Doris Belack
    • Blanche
    Ato Essandoh
    Ato Essandoh
    • Damien
    David Anzuelo
    David Anzuelo
    • Bodega Counterman
    Naomi Aborn
    Naomi Aborn
    • Dinah Bloomberg
    John Rothman
    John Rothman
    • Jack Bloomberg
    Jonathan Roumie
    Jonathan Roumie
    • Bakery Counterman
    Tadhg O'Mordha
    • Bakery Counterman #2
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    • Trivia
      The dog sitting at Meryl Streep's feet as she is eating the pastrami sandwich with her husband is, in fact, her own dog - Digby.
    • Goofs
      In the final scene, the door windows at the restaurant are covered with snow/frost but no other windows have the same condition including other buildings and cars.
    • Quotes

      David Bloomberg: I'm 23.

      Rafi Gardet: No, you're not. I don't believe you. Let me see the license... Oh, my God! You're a child. Taxi! I have t-shirts older than you.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Episode #2.41 (2005)
    • Soundtracks
      Ghostwriter
      (Remix)

      Written by RJD2 (as Ramble J Krohn)

      Performed by RJD2

      By arrangement with Big Sounds International

    User reviews211

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    Top review
    6/10
    Not Bad But Not Especially Compelling Either
    Midway through "Prime," there's a scene in which Uma Thurman's character, Rafi, comes to her boyfriend's (Bryan Greenberg) house for dinner with his family. His mom, played by Meryl Streep, as usual giving a performance better than the movie it's in, has up until very recently been Rafi's therapist. The women must now navigate very tricky terrain. A relationship that had been maternal in one way has now become maternal in a very different way. The therapist loves Rafi and thinks she's a wonderful person, but she also knows much about her that prospective mothers-in-law don't necessarily know about their sons' girlfriends, things that compound the problems raised by Rafi's not only being 14 years older than the son, but also decidedly NOT Jewish.

    I wish more of "Prime" had been about this relationship, the one between Thurman and Streep. As it is, the movie feels like it has two separate halves that the young director/writer Ben Younger doesn't successfully bring together into a comprehensive whole. The rest of the film follows Rafi and her boyfriend as they try to build a relationship despite the age difference. Nothing about this half of the movie is new or fresh, and Younger never convinced me why I should care. I was too distracted by the fact that he had a wonderful actress like Streep in his film and didn't seem to know what to do with her.

    "Prime" is far from a bad film, and given its indifferent reception when it was released in theatres, I actually expected it to be worse than it was. But it is a rather half-baked film, and not one you need to spend a lot of mental energy on, which in this case is a criticism, because it raises a lot of interesting ideas that it never explores.

    Grade: B-
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 28, 2005 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Russia)
      • Universal (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mi novia secreta
    • Filming locations
      • Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Prime Film Productions LLC
      • Stratus Film Co.
      • Team Todd
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $22,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $22,827,153
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,220,935
      • Oct 30, 2005
    • Gross worldwide
      • $67,937,494
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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