The Internship Movie Review
I
was looking forward to this movie for two reasons I love the mellow
laid back Owen Wilson paired with the high energy fast talking Vince
Vaughn. I also have dreamed about visiting the Google campus in
California and this movie reinforced my belief it would be one of the
greatest employers in the world. All food free in the cafeteria and nap
pods to take a catnap.
I
was worried that all the funniest parts of the movie would be in the
trailer as has happened with so many comedies in the past . I shouldn’t
have worried . A Quidditch game, brooms and all, has to be seen to be
believed, and the Harry Potter terminology the teams use to
describe the rules of the game has Owen exasperatedly say You are
making me feel like I am back in math class again! What does this have
to do with computers?
The
guys are matched up with 4 22 year olds who are already world weary and
cynical. They have good reason to be as the job market is not easy to
break into , university or not, not like it was in the 80s . They are
not impressed with having 2 newbies who can barely use a webcam and
have never even heard of Instagram until the guys people skills and
positive attitude actually help them start winning challenges , much to
the chagrin of nasty British intern ( Max Minghella) who was last seen
in the Social Network. I love the 80s film analogies sprinkled
throughout the movie. I identify with them much more than Harry Potter
or X-Men.
There
is a delightful romance between the gorgeous Rose Byrne ( Damages )
and Owen . It is not the typical meet cute situation and no silly
misunderstandings occur. Although its not completely realistic that
Google would hire 40 year olds without thoroughly checking their
education and computer literacy, the romance and all the friendships
that develop through the movie ring true.
John
Goodman has a small role as the guys former boss , and is much funnier
than he was in The Hangover 3 . In short, this movie was a coming of
age movie both for the 20 year old interns and Vince Vaughn and Owen
Wilson who finally realized what they wanted to be when they grew up!
This
movie is great for all ages the audience I saw it was mostly over 50
and they laughed at all the computer jokes and there is no bad
language so its great to bring kids to as well.
I
give this movie 5/5 any movie that makes me laugh so hard I have to
take my glasses off and wipe the tears away deserves this rating.
Here is a Google Plus hangout I watched live in February with Conan O’Brien as host
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