Months of Meryl: Prime (2005)
Thursday, August 9, 2018 at 12:32PM John and Matthew are watching every single live-action film starring Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep as therapist with Uma Thurman as her client in Prime (2005)
#32 — Lisa Metzger, an Upper West Side therapist whose client begins dating her much younger son.
JOHN: The most depressing thing about Prime is that director Ben Younger reportedly spent eight years writing it. Equally depressing is the sight of Meryl Streep, Actress of Her Generation, wasting her time on this insipid project, and the subsequent dearth of roles for actresses over fifty that her involvement signifies. Here’s a fun kernel for a comedy skit: a kooky, Upper West Side therapist learns that the 37-year-old woman she is treating has begun dating her 23-year-old son, ensuing comic hijinks, oversharing, and ethical quandaries between therapist, son, and client. Now, imagine that idea stretched out for nearly two hours, sans comedy or romance, and you’d have Prime, easily one of the worst movies in Streep’s filmography...