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32 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttA prime example of a solid romantic comedy.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversYounger knows it's fun to watch Rafi and David cross lines of age, culture and religion. He also knows it's painful. That's what makes his movie hilarious and heartfelt.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThere are some one-liners that zing not only with humor but truth. On the whole I was satisfied.
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerFrankly, the most disturbing thing about Prime is that Uma Thurman is now officially an Older Woman.
- 60VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibDespite a comic Yiddishe mama turn by Meryl Streep and a sensitively nuanced performance by Uma Thurman in a convincing changeup from her recent kickass action roles, Prime remains an oddly juiceless older woman-younger man romance, with a Freudian twist.
- 58Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumNot one bit of the story tracks. But with these women in these roles, you're asking for truth?
- 50The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonGreenberg and Thurman are both engaging, but they can't quite compensate for their characters' shallowness. Streep, on the other hand, just can't stop compensating. Her oy-vey-can-you-believe-the-kid-and-his-shiksa performance is all studied mannerisms with no real heart.
- 50Dallas ObserverRobert WilonskyDallas ObserverRobert WilonskyYounger, for whatever reason, simply can't abide their happiness, and so he destructs the relationship from time to time for no reason, using plot devices that wouldn't have been out of place in episodes of "Three's Company."
- 50L.A. WeeklyElla TaylorL.A. WeeklyElla TaylorOn and on drags this amour fou, with its one-liners, ripostes, elaborate misunderstandings and chastened reaction shots, all courtesy of writer-director Ben Younger, straining to let out his inner femme after the testosterone excesses of "Boiler Room."
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonI found nothing likable or funny about either of these characters, who both deserve a pie in the face. (One of them even gets it.)