The Intern
In "The Intern," Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) is a 70-year-old widower who has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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By Truthful Reviews TOP 1000 REVIEWER on September 26, 2015
Format: Amazon Video
From watching the preview, this movie gave every sign that it would be a movie about the awkwardness of a retiree returning to the work force with 30 somethings. Wrong! Shame on the preview maker! This movie is actually a really nice movie. It is nice in that it takes you in directions you do not expect to go.
This kind of movie would normally have Robert De Niro giving all sorts of advice to Anne Hathaway about the importance of the things that really matter in life, and by the end of the movie, she will have quit her hectic job and returned to her family she loves. This movie unexpectedly does not go near that story we have heard a thousand times.
Instead, this movie is more about the friendship developed between two people who are just trying to do what they love, both having much to contribute. Wow. Kind of touching right? Robert De Niro struggles with tech for about two seconds, and Anne Hathaway struggles with being too nice or too hard but the film constantly twists and turns ever so slightly in nice directions. I keep saying “nice” for a reason. It really is just a nice movie with well-rounded characters that are all decent people. There are no blatant villains here. This makes the movie feel like an actual slice of life that these two characters might be living.
All in all it is good to see two talented actors playing in a movie that just seems to quite perfectly capture the realities of the challenges of everyday life we all have without adding unrealistic situations, villains, or forced love stories into the mix. Pretty refreshing really.
This kind of movie would normally have Robert De Niro giving all sorts of advice to Anne Hathaway about the importance of the things that really matter in life, and by the end of the movie, she will have quit her hectic job and returned to her family she loves. This movie unexpectedly does not go near that story we have heard a thousand times.
Instead, this movie is more about the friendship developed between two people who are just trying to do what they love, both having much to contribute. Wow. Kind of touching right? Robert De Niro struggles with tech for about two seconds, and Anne Hathaway struggles with being too nice or too hard but the film constantly twists and turns ever so slightly in nice directions. I keep saying “nice” for a reason. It really is just a nice movie with well-rounded characters that are all decent people. There are no blatant villains here. This makes the movie feel like an actual slice of life that these two characters might be living.
All in all it is good to see two talented actors playing in a movie that just seems to quite perfectly capture the realities of the challenges of everyday life we all have without adding unrealistic situations, villains, or forced love stories into the mix. Pretty refreshing really.
By Andy McKinney on September 29, 2015
Format: Blu-ray
The Intern
This well crafted comedy comes straight from the MGM playbook circa 1940. Think of the great, light and light hearted Carry Grant comedies and you will get the flavor, the style and the charm of this 21st edition of that great old formula. It still works and in this case it still works very well.
Robert De Niro acts here as Ben, a retired widower of some 70 years of age. Since his retirement and bereavement he has traveled a bit, he has taken some classes and learned to speak Chinese. But now he feels at loose ends. He experiences the tedium of empty days with nothing special to do.
Anne Hathaway has created a little internet company in Brooklyn New York. The young wife and mother has the dilemma of successful start up businesses, in this case a business that sends clothing that ‘actually fits’ to women across the land. The genius behind the successful business is not a business manager. She is a passionate innovator, a brilliant motivator but she cannot cope with a business that has grown from one person, herself, to over 250 employees in a year and a half. She drowns in her own success. Her backers want to bring in a professional manager to enter the next stage of the life of the company. One of he hundreds of 20 something bright lights suggests that the company employ a few interns but with a twist. If the company brings in a few retired folks their wisdom, knowledge and experience might just help the company to greater success. Enter Ben, the De Niro character.
You pretty much can guess what happens from here on out. Ben, the calm voice of experience, nicely balances the fire of the determined but untrained young woman. What we like is the very sharp acting from Anne Hathaway.
This well crafted comedy comes straight from the MGM playbook circa 1940. Think of the great, light and light hearted Carry Grant comedies and you will get the flavor, the style and the charm of this 21st edition of that great old formula. It still works and in this case it still works very well.
Robert De Niro acts here as Ben, a retired widower of some 70 years of age. Since his retirement and bereavement he has traveled a bit, he has taken some classes and learned to speak Chinese. But now he feels at loose ends. He experiences the tedium of empty days with nothing special to do.
Anne Hathaway has created a little internet company in Brooklyn New York. The young wife and mother has the dilemma of successful start up businesses, in this case a business that sends clothing that ‘actually fits’ to women across the land. The genius behind the successful business is not a business manager. She is a passionate innovator, a brilliant motivator but she cannot cope with a business that has grown from one person, herself, to over 250 employees in a year and a half. She drowns in her own success. Her backers want to bring in a professional manager to enter the next stage of the life of the company. One of he hundreds of 20 something bright lights suggests that the company employ a few interns but with a twist. If the company brings in a few retired folks their wisdom, knowledge and experience might just help the company to greater success. Enter Ben, the De Niro character.
You pretty much can guess what happens from here on out. Ben, the calm voice of experience, nicely balances the fire of the determined but untrained young woman. What we like is the very sharp acting from Anne Hathaway.
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