2005 · comedy · drama · romance
Prime
Directed by Ben Younger1h 42m2005
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.
Our read: Prime (2005) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded comedy · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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“You want Manhattan rom-com wit about age gaps and therapist-son awkwardness.”
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