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Comedy · Drama · Romance · 2005

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

Movie details

Prime

“A Therapeutic New Comedy”

2005 Comedy · Drama · Romance 1h 42m

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TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

CriticWise case file

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ben Younger

Written by

Ben Younger

Uma Thurman

Uma Thurman

Rafi Gardet

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Lisa Metzger

Bryan Greenberg

Bryan Greenberg

David Bloomberg

Jon Abrahams

Jon Abrahams

Morris

Zak Orth

Zak Orth

Randall

Annie Parisse

Annie Parisse

Catherine

Aubrey Dollar

Aubrey Dollar

Michelle

Court is in session

Put Prime on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.