In Prime, atheist Uma Thurman of 37, hooks up with Jewish David Bloomberg of 37. Age and religious differences aside, the monkey wrench is Uma's sexual therapist, who's in fact David's mother.

The toughest task of scripting a romanitc comedy is capturing the process of falling in love. Prime conveniently skips this integral component. More over, Uma's lack of cinematic presence is clarified in Prime, where her character plays out awkward and simpleminded. David Bloomberg's ambitious debut as male lead is no different, reminding you of the typical Jewish in-kid who deserves a kick in the balls just because. With the exception of one or two witty scenes, the only other comedic moments were spoiled in the commercials, and Bloomberg's punchlines fail to translate to the silver screen.
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Is this supposed to take place in New York?
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Originally posted by cinemaKid:
Is this supposed to take place in New York?

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Originally posted by ghostman:

Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the locational aspect of the movie. Most of the movie takes place in either a house or apartment... they go to a cafe once and occasionally on the road, but if you're asking if this movie takes advantage of its geographic whereabouts, the answer would be n to the o.

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Originally posted by ghostman:

Sorry, I didn't pay attention to the locational aspect of the movie. Most of the movie takes place in either a house or apartment... they go to a cafe once and occasionally on the road, but if you're asking if this movie takes advantage of its geographic whereabouts, the answer would be n to the o.

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Just checked a couple of sites, and it seems that the story is supposed to take place in Manhattan, which I was guessing. Here's what I was going to say ...

Jewish culture is an integral part of New York; New York has a huge Jewish population. Subsequently, many New York films make references to Jewish culture; some of characters are often Jewish. This means that so many stories, patterns and events related to Jewish culture have been tried out. You have to become pretty creative in order to bring in Jewish culture yet again and appeal to the audience. I have not seen this film, so I cannot pick any specific example, but it seems that it's one of things that this film fails to accomplish.

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