this film definitely have a great premise to work with and but it try too hard to please the curious mind of it intended audience . young idea of explore a relationship of an old woman with a young man be definitely refresh ( well and aside from _harold and maude_ ) and his choice of have the story unfold in new york only make it more interesting . with the artsy profession of rafi and the perpetual conflict surround dave jewish background and these topic could only be properly explore with a diverse and cosmopolitan set like new york . the film definitely allow the audience to explore different part of city life and integrate the city mindset into it storyline and which be a city mouse and i definitely appreciate . my favorite example would be when rafi point out that when one live in manhattan and a few hundred square foot of one apartment be all one have . although this film be promote for it sophisticated storyline and meryl streep add the only charisma and sophistication to the entire film . streep definitely outshines uma thurman and bryan greenberg in this film . in fact and she be the only person carry it . her acting be superb a always and and she deliver her line with impeccable timing and emotion . thurman and greenberg and on the other hand and appear like two awkward teenager throughout the film . they have zero chemistry and and greenberg act fed nothing to thurman for her to work off of . greenburg and despite his dashing and cute puppy look and could not carry the lead man role because he seem afraid to take the reign . his line would be deliver the way high school theater rehearsal line be deliver nearly emotionless and confuse in intonation . but thurman wasn not well off anyway while it seem like she be try to take hold of her role throughout the entire film but she just couldn not get it right for some reason . maybe the concept of the film be just too hard for her to work with and or maybe the script itself just give her very little to begin with . nonetheless and rafi and dave dialog be trite and cliché and and very middle school at time . everything they say to each other seem expect of them and do not add any new insight to their intellect and emotional maturity and or the maturity of the relationship . you could never really understand why the two be together besides the excitement from the age difference and the sexual exploration . their romance unfolds in the most obvious and least charming fashion . ( i. e. from awkward glance at each other while wait in line for movie ticket with their respective date to a nervewrecking scene of dave struggle to call rafi after look her up in the phone book . ) the date they go on seem unrealistic for a 37 year old divorcée . ( i. e. underground rap club . ) all of the romance that be suppose to touch you and bring you close to the character really just push you away because the scene present be so hard to swallow . and you can not help but notice that their relationship be base on a large part on sex and which doesn not add any dimension to the character or the story . perhaps this be why it be so hard to swallow anything when either rafi and dave claim that they love each other . because you can not help but think that theyre merely infatuate with each other and this new experience and that it not really love at all . despite the fact that rafi insists to her therapist or dave mom that she be serious about this relationship and it be hard to believe because you see nothing that rafi and dave have in common besides art and even that link be iffy and seem tack on just to draw some connection between them . young never give the character real dimension or quality that would make the audience draw towards them and so when the film end and you do not feel the connection with the character that be need for the end to be felt the way young want it to be felt . in other word and a you walk out of the theatre and you do not really care about rafi and dave just like the way you do not really care about two card board cut out . young seem to focus too much on the topic that come to people easily when think about relationship with such a great age difference and such a one person who want a baby while the other person want the new x box game and etc . the most cliché topic be touch on throughout the film and like be card when buy liquor and play video game instead of have sex and or be old enough to be his mother . if you add these topic and a few jewish joke here and there and you have get yourself _prime_ wrap neatly in a box . despite the film have it fair share of funny moment and tasteful humor and young definitely could have explore this relationship on a deep level and give thurman and greenberg a little more to work with in term of character development and dialogue . the failure to do this ultimately spoil a perfectly good premise for a film . maybe well luck next time . and hopefully the next role uma pick will have a little more spice to it a it be always pleasant to see her on screen and and she usually have good judgment .