The film as a whole is sweet, touching, and amusing.
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De Niro and Hathaway nail their performances and had the entire Ziegfeld crowd (which included Mariah Carey and Sting) rolling with laughter, hooting and hollering – particularly during a scene where Hathaway’s interns have to break into her mother’s home to delete an email Jules accidentally sent. Anyone who runs a business-of any size-knows how busy it can be.
Ben is assigned to work directly for Jules who, of course, gives him nothing to do until he slowly inserts his way into her life and proves himself invaluable in every way imaginable. However, the most important thing is-despite how stressful it is-she loves what she does; this is her dream job. As part of a public outreach programme they decide to hire senior citizens as interns and for that we should be eternally grateful.
“I have sympathy with De Niro because nobody wants to be there for these choreographed junket interviews”.
There are some genial laughs in The Intern, a comedy about a retired gent who goes back to work for a young workaholic. I don’t remember if I was feeling it as Jules or as me, but that’s what I remember as a highlight in the film!
“There you go”, I say, congratulating him on being hip.
ANNE Hathaway (pix) is “so surprised” by her own success. “Just to see the Hadron Particle Collider in action and actually be there when they find the Higgs boson particle – well, they have found the Higgs boson particle”.
“Bob and I did some extreme bonding at the Century 21 Mall”, Hathaway said. “I’m not doing this, darling”. The Intern is set in New York City and features an nearly entirely white cast.
All of those factors might make the Brooklynite the most unlikely intern for an online fashion site. This is beyond annoying, and it needs to stop. I got a ideal purse-sized flask, which I put tequila in, and I had a great time! It’s fair to point out when a movie is not fully representing its setting.
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Between this, the solid performances of two charismatic leads, the movie’s genial tone and all the charming, overpriced Brooklyn real estate, “The Intern” is a safe bet for a night out with a date or your parents. She was very specific what she wanted, and I understand this and it was terrific. It does not warrant as much angst or anxiety about how to solve that problem as I thought then.
