FILM REVIEW BY CELIA RIBES

FILM TITLE: PRIME

COUNTRY/YEAR: U.S.A 2005

GENRE: Romantic comedy

DIRECTOR: Ben Younger

WRITING CREDITS: Ben Younger

CAST: Uma Thurman (Rafi Gardet)
Meryl Streep (Dr Lisa Gardet)
Bryan Greenberg (David Bloomberg)
Jon Abrahams (Morris)
Annie Parisse (Katherine)
Aubreu Dollar (Michelle)

PLOT / SYNOPSIS:
Rafy, thirty-seven years old, is a successful New York fashion photographer, whose personal life is not working so well. She is taking regular sessions with psychoanalyst Dr Lisa Metzger in order to deal with her divorce and her desire for a child.

Meanwhile she meets David, a twenty-three year old Jewish guy who is living with his grandparents and wants to be a painter. They start to see each other and become gradually more involved. However there is a problem: the difference of age. Both are worried about this, and they are not sure about whether it can work. Rafy ask for advice to her psychoanalyst. Lisa encourage her to continue with the relationship, but things change when Lisa discover that the boyfriend of her client is her son.

OPINION:
Prime throws in every romantic comedy cliché that exists and the story is pretty basic. But even when it is not an original film it is an enjoyable film. The film deals with an interesting subject which is the age difference between a woman and a man. No one cares if the man is the oldest, however when the woman is the oldest things change. Ben Younger knows it is fun but also painful to watch Rafi and David cross lines of age, culture and religion, and that is what makes his movie funny and heartfelt.

TYPE OF LANGUAGE USED:
The language used in the comedy is American English. The main characters use an informal language, an every day speech. The dialogues are simple and very funny, but also very touching and human.