Couch Whispers - The first therapeutic love comedy
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Couch Whispers - The first therapeutic love comedy |
| Original title | Prime |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 106 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 0 JMK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Ben Younger |
| script | Ben Younger |
| production |
Jennifer Todd , Suzanne Todd |
| music | Ryan Shore |
| camera | William Rexer |
| cut | Kristina Boden |
| occupation | |
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Couchgeflüster - The first therapeutic love comedy (Original title: Prime ) is an American comedy film from 2005 . It was directed by Ben Younger , who also wrote the script . The main roles were played by Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep .
action
In New York City living, recently divorced, 37-year-old career woman Rafi Gardet seeks help from the psychotherapist Lisa Metzger. Metzger assists Gardet in deciding to have a relationship with a younger man. Only later does it emerge that this very man is Metzger's 23-year-old son David Bloomberg.
The Bloombergs are deeply rooted in Jewish traditions, and David's relationship with a gentile, elderly woman is rejected by the family. Rafi and David fight, in the end they make up.
The film ends a year later after they both separated again. Their looks meet by chance and they review their relationship again.
Reviews
On filmstarts.de the film is described as a "real feel-good movie". It goes on to say that the film is "not business as usual", which is the "greatest compliment" you can give to a romantic comedy.
The cinema magazine Cinema also praises the film and speaks of a "funny comedy full of errors, hearts, pain and great actors".
Glenn Whipp praised the performances of Uma Thurman and Meryl Streep in the Los Angeles Daily News , especially in the first hour of the film.
background
- Sandra Bullock was originally intended for the role of Rafi Gardet .
- The shooting took place from September 2004.
- Couchgeflüster came to German cinemas on January 19, 2006 and had over a million viewers.
- In Germany, the film was rated without any age rating. In the USA there was a PG-R (adults only) and in the appeal process afterwards a PG-13 (because of sexual content and dialogues and because of the language used).
Web links
- Couchgeflüster - The first therapeutic romantic comedy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Couch Whispers - The first therapeutic love comedy by Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for couch whispers - The first therapeutic love comedy . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , December 2005 (PDF; test number: 104 701 K).
- ↑ Age rating for couch whispers - The first therapeutic love comedy . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ filmstarts.de
- ^ Cinema
- ↑ German IMDb