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# ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS In her ‘Prime’: Streep delivers again as a conflicted therapist
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/entertainment-briefs-in-her-prime-streep-delivers-again-as-a-conflicted-therapist-2/
- Published: 2005-10-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T08:04:27.000Z
- Author: Dan Dunn
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

From writer-director Ben Younger (“Boiler Room”) comes one of those rare adult romantic comedies in which all the pieces fit seamlessly in place. Younger’s characters are well-rounded and deftly rendered by a stellar cast navigating a storyline that is clever, funny and, above all, genuine. Uma Thurman has never looked lovelier as Rafi, a 37-year-old Manhattan fashionista reeling from a recent divorce who quickly rebounds with a 23-year-old painter named Dave (star on the rise Bryan Greenberg). Despite the significant age difference, Rafi’s trusted therapist Dr. Lisa Metzger (Meryl Streep) gives the relationship her blessing. Lisa’s not so accepting, however, of her own son’s ongoing affair with a non-Jewish older woman. Wanna guess who his paramour turns out to be?

Streep, as usual, delivers a delightfully nuanced performance as a woman trying to reconcile a professional responsibility to her patient with maternal instincts. Greenberg, who spent several months prior to shooting immersing himself in New York’s artist community, acquits himself quite respectably opposite two powerhouses in his first major film role. Director of photography William Rexer has captured the Big Apple in all its splendor. (Rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, and for language. Running time: 105 minutes)

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 28, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/102805.pdf?ref=smdp.com)