The Intern (2015)

Release date: 2015-09-25
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Nancy Meyers
Production Co: Waverly Films
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 7.1/10
Length: 2h 1min

Storyline

A retired 70-year-old widower, Ben (played by Robert De Niro), is bored with retired life. He applies to a be a senior intern at an online fashion retailer and gets the position. The founder of the company is Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), a tireless, driven, demanding, dynamic workaholic. Ben is made her intern, but this is a nominal role - she doesn't intend to give him work and it is just window dressing. However, Ben proves to be quite useful and, more than that, a source of support and wisdom.

Plot Keywords

website, f rated, mother daughter relationship, reference to google, reference to harry potter, reference to youtube, reference to brad pitt, reference to george clooney, office, police siren, bar, reference to beyonce, reference to facebook, hotel, san francisco california, woman, woman crying, title directed by female, brooklyn new york city, singing in a car

Short Review

There's something powerful in that, in the simple fact that The Intern is so sympathetic to its older character-so resolutely on the side of a person who might, in other contexts, be dismissed or ignored or, as is so often the case, invisible.