I love this movie so much

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Awesome Movie

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

If you will interpret the rating of this film as anything, interpret it as the ratio of open-minded viewers (60% of ratings) against the closed-minded people (about 40%) who view this as some sort of religion or cultural message to everyone in the world - or perhaps just view every movie as a just statement of how everything should be. It's really not.SPOILERS AHEAD:This is a film that took a more mature route - given it's difficult and common issues at hand, than what some people would have accepted. One of the reviews here called the ending as "black-and-white" thinking and degraded it for sending the message that "it isn't ethical or right to commit to marriage at such a young age". The movie was not at all biased about this issue, and rather took it maturely and accurately. If you look closely, as mature as Dave seemed to be and how willing he was to work things out, he couldn't give Raf a thoughtful answer as to why he decided he wants a baby with her. He is young and emotional, and at the moment it showed how uncertain he was - but don't mistaken his true love for her; commitment and love are separate things. The issue of whether it's a good idea to proceed with a relationship with that kind of age gap is all a matter of personality and circumstances. Dave is an emerging artist, and although he could be mature enough to handle a serious relationship and children, it would conflict far too much with his type of career and his current position this early in the art industry. If Dave was someone who worked a stable job with good pay, this wouldn't be a problem and the outcome of the film could be very different. This is an extremely honest film and it has some of the most touching characters I've ever seen in a "chick-flick". It makes me so sad that Raf's "childish" wonder and her attraction to a younger man like Dave is probably rooted from the robbing of her "childhood" by her family's upbringing of her, and her early marriage. She deserves Dave so much.If there is any kind of flaw in this film, it would be that Dave's upbringing should've pushed him into that commitment with Raf of getting married. I don't know much about Judaism, but as a Christian, marrying at a younger age is very common, and Dave is more than capable of doing that with Raf. The conflict of love and profession is a timeless tragedy.

I initially thought this movie was gonna be a slap stick sort of comedy with physical humour - you know those types of comedies you're so used to seeing Sandra Bullock play in. And she was meant to star in this - well I can say I am happy she didn't especially if she was going to turn it into her usual formula, because Uma Thurman pulls this off very well.This film deals with the issues of women dating much younger men and what it takes for the relationship to work. It also deals with issues such as how a therapist should deal with their patient when it comes to personal issues that involve both of them directly.David Bloomberg (Bryan Greenberg) is 23 years old and starts seeing Rafi (Uma Thurman) despite not knowing she is 37 years old. While they both agree that they can try things out, things get a little complicated when his mother, Lisa (Meryl Streep) discovers that his son is dating her patient, Rafi. So Lisa has the ethical dilemma of looking out for her son and also looking out for her patient.It's a fun premise, and it gets clever in exploring some issues that are apparent in society. Such as, what does it take to actually become a man, what do older women want in men and also when should parents, and in this case, traditional mothers let go of their kids so they can make their own choices.I thoroughly enjoyed this film and the performances were overall fine. Uma Thurman is just beautiful and Bryan Greenberg makes a good match for her and have on screen chemistry. Streep is decent as usual and is just one of those actresses who you can imagine can play anyone when she puts her mind into it.I also liked the fact that this doesn't follow the same sort of formula that most romantic comedies do. While some may think this initially as a chick flick, it really isn't because it mainly gives the point of view of the guy in this situation. He is the central character.*****MINOR SPOILER********** It also gives a good message at the end, that despite two people loving each other regardless of cultural or age difference, sometimes love may not be enough to keep two people together. There is just that time in your life when you reach your 'prime' so in this case, it is David who is at his prime in terms of sexual discovery, intimacy and finding out how to slowly become a man with responsibilities.I would have liked them to explore Rafi's character more in terms of her motivations etc. We get to see David's family and everything, but we don't really get to know a lot about her history etc. All we know is that she just got divorced, but why didn't it work out? They could have developed that aspect a lot more, but I guess the main reason is to explore David's motivations rather than hers. But it could have been more interesting if they had taken it down that road as well.This is a good film that doesn't take itself too seriously, nor does it dwelve into unintelligent meanings. Well worth a look!

It was watchable... just about. It isn't a really bad film, but it has practically no storyline, and it drags on WAY too long. Also the ending is rather terrible. I think it had a lot of potential to be a good film with the scenario that it revolves around... but the script and storyline was far too restricting and nothing happened throughout the whole film really. On top of this it made me feel like yelling at the characters for being annoying. I found that I just thought the film was a bit stupid and the characters were irritating. The cast was good, Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep both acted well as usual... but their talents were kinda wasted on this. All in all... it's pretty terrible to be honest.

My biggest problem with Prime is that it is not a consistent movie but rather felt like 2 separate movies - a cute romantic comedy taking over the first half and a dull romantic drama taking over the second half.I quite enjoyed the first half of the movie; it was light hearted and cute and the whole dynamic with Meryl Streep (Lisa) being Uma Thurman (Rafi)'s psychiatrist but also Bryan Greenberg (David)'s mother was very enjoyable to watch. Basically, Lisa is Rafi's long standing psychiatrist. Rafi is a recent 37 year old divorcée who, through a friend, meets David, a 23 year old aspiring artist. David pursues Rafi and the two hit it off. Problem? Lisa is David's Mother and also Rafi's psychiatrist. At first Lisa doesn't realize that Rafi's new man is her son because Rafi lies about the age difference and David also lies about the age difference to his Mother but eventually the pieces come together and Lisa has to decide whether to step down as Rafi's shrink or continue to help her and in turn betray her trust. The whole dynamic is light and fun and lends itself to quite a few laughs.The problem? Half way through the movie all is revealed and the movie turns into a romantic drama between Rafi and David. The laughs take a backseat and the focus is on whether or not they can make it as a real couple. I personally do not like movies about a boy and a girl and their drama. I found the last half hour to be painstakingly boring and I found myself questioning where the fun and laughter from the first half of the movie went. It was really hard to sit through the usual woes of an on screen couple complete with breakups, makeups, the usual tearful apology, the 'let me run into you at the store' moment, etc... It all depends on what type of movie you enjoy. The trailers for this movie along with the description set the scene of a funny romantic comedy but the reality is that the first half of the movie is just that, the second half? Usual couple drama minus barely any laughs. If you like that? Great but if you don't? BEWARE.5/10