The ending was definitely more low-key and I wasn't sure how I felt about Jules taking back her husband. Just felt forced. 4. still good, its better the way they did it. 3. While dropping her at home, he tells her he believes she should rest more and when she is in doubt she should remember that she started the company from nothing. Glenn Kenny was the chief film critic of Premiere magazine for almost half of its existence. Ben comes to work at 7:00 A.M. one day to organize a messy desk that Jules had complained about previously. particulars. the intern ending horrible ye It was a bad ending. an outside CEO to the company. Or I guess instead you could be like the other 85% of interns and be delightful, curious, open-minded, enthusiastic and hard working. The bridesmaid from the customer service call she took at the beginning of the movie has sent her pictures of the bridal party and a thank you note. that, for the most part, is sane, sweet, and smart, and a lot of the time, When the whole meeting is talking about a problem you know already has an open source solution, keep that shit to yourself! Paige is not feeling well, so they leave the party early. real estate porn, which had its most blatant manifestation in the Hamptons (Its OK, though: in Meyerss New York, everyone drives their SUV home to their enormous brownstone.). The Telegraphs Tim Robey trashed the film and then recoiling from the intensity of his own attack, confessed, Im being harsh. As a feel good movie it was OK. As a "cute" movie it was above average, but sadly not as good as Holiday. And often this soothing quality serves as a distraction from If I could change and re write the ending to this movie, I would make changes to how Jules reacted to finding out her husband Matt was cheating on her. Jules grew and achieved something. The minimum period she had to put up with an intern, six weeks, is over, and Ben has been transferred. I was surprised how much I liked it! Press J to jump to the feed. and the If you dont have badge access to the cafe, how dare you interrupt us because you need to eat. The business is owned by young, married woman named Jules whom finds herself having a hard time balancing her work and family life due to the high demands her business has. I'm super late to this thread, but I agree with your wife. like an experiment. Anne Hathaway was radiantly beautiful as the high-powered entrepreneur of a wildly successful eCommerce fashion house, whose marriage and home life was suffering, while Robert DeNiro came across as a father figure while serving as her intern. shove, Ben offers Jules the assurance that the thing to do is be tough and go I do all these things because I love interns. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. Theres something slightly Woody Allenesque after what you want. Doris can not drive, and Jules takes over, while calling Cameron asking for Ben back. De Niro and Hathaway chemistry in some scenes deserves special mention and was probably the most memorable thing about the movie. See first poster", " DIGITAL", "1 """, AARP Movies for Grownups Award for Best Comedy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Intern_(2015_film)&oldid=1142441117, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 2 March 2023, at 11:24. Right up there with It's Complicated. same! These frustrations eventually come pouring out in an emotional third act that is tender and relatable. creation. He doesn't see how giving up her company in hopes that her husband will stop having an affair adds up, and tells her she came here because she wanted to hear it. admires Juleslooks up to her, you might sayand when he does bring his Sweet sweet movie, loved every minute of it, Robert and Anne (Gosh she is so pretty) are just PERFECT. Jules takes full responsibility, is very helpful, promises to fix the glitch and even gives her own number to the bride. ts=String.fromCharCode(60); I liked it, but I wish the premise was explained a little better. [16] Bastow further suggested that female critics would "feel the need to go hard on certain films for women" such as The Intern. There becomes an era when there's a lot working then that settles down and there's a dry periodbut frankly, maybe I'm just talking shit because the thing is there are female directors. He asks who the us refers to, and she clarifies that she meant Jules and Matt, not About The Fit. Sure, a simple and polite hey- I dont have a computer might seem unobtrusive, but it will infuriate your managers. Pretty sweet movie. Jules decides she has two choices: hire a CEO so she has time to fix her marriage and home life, or continue to run her company and hope the rest works out. This is not great cinema, and will probably be forgotten long before Citizen Kane, or Casablanca, or Cries and Whispers, but it was fun to watch and we enjoyed it, start to finish. Realising his commute will be crazy, Ben offers him a room in his house. Seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. like i imagine it was something he wanted to ttry out. for a position in a Senior Intern Program at an e-commerce concern called Despite criticizing Meyers's screenplay and "conflicted ideas about powerful women," Dargis praised the casting of De Niro, stating he "owns the movie from the moment he opens his mouth." Women in Hollywood want to talk, or, should I say, want to be heard. Similarly, Meyers and other womens films are often criticised for being unrealistic in a way that male-centric films rarely are. Behind the scenes, they are hampered by misguided perceptions of women directors, writers and producers as being part of a shallow talent pool, as a Sundance Institute study revealed this year. Ben overhears this. Your Ticket Confirmation # is located under the header in your email that reads "Your Ticket Reservation Details". I thought the script was actually one of her best. husband (Anders Holm) and a predictably delightful and adorable young daughter Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. From beginning to end, the movie shed light on fundamental manners that most people forget about nowadays (imo). He also helps numerous employees with their tasks. The reading of The Intern as somehow unfeminist is especially baffling, given its essentially a critique of the having it all lie, first explored by Meyers 1987 film Baby Boom. It was.. ok. A lot of the scenes with Ben were just maudlin to a point of disbelief. Ben soon realizes that Juless husband, Matt, is cheating on her with a students mom from their daughters school and begins to question whether to let her know. His first task assigning email is from Becky, asking him to have Jules jacket cleaned. possibly blinkered go-getter. She joins him, finally letting herself relax. When Jules goes to Ben's home the next day, Ben greatly encourages Jules to think about how much this will change her authority and how her creativity may be hindered and also reminds her of her passion for her company. The Hollywood Reporters Stephen Farber called it an overdose of blandness, Slants Eric Henderson grumbled about it being the ultimate in disingenuousness, and so much for the notion of liberated women sniffed the Wall Street Journals Joe Morgenstern. [11], On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 59% of 204 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.7/10. As intern season has been ramping up Ive seen number of How to make the best of your summer! Ways to turn your internship into a career How to make your manager fall in love with you kind of articles, and while these typically have great advice I find them lacking some levels of authenticity. You better frantically email me at 2am then wait by my office door for me to arrive the next morning because for some crazy reason I didnt see that email. Never mind that your project isnt due for another 8 weeks, you better grab that only 30 minutes open on my calendar to discuss it in detail- I dont need to eat lunch anyway :). Originally started from her kitchen, the online clothes retailing company now hires about 220 employees having grown that much in only 18 months. Eve is a hardworking young woman who eventually attends the U.S. Air Force Academy. [18], Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone announced on January 27, 2020, that she will produce the Hindi remake of The Intern, also playing the female lead role, but the remake's production was postponed mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ben impresses everyone and is one of four hired. Press J to jump to the feed. Perhaps the last word is best left to Meyers, who when asked by New York Magazine if sexism in Hollywood is changing said there was a shift in the tenor of conversations in the industry about women, this time, by the women themselves. Show an interest in any position that excites you. All rights reserved. Made me want to get a handkerchief. if (window.self != window.top) {nf=''} else {nf='NF/'}; Matt invites Ben in for a coffee while he waits. The whole time I expected her to make De Niro the CEO. He does not hear from her for a few days. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy nice tidy endings, but this one did not feel quite satisfying. What have you done with my husband? my wife asked me the other By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account against an email address associated with a Fandango ticket purchase for the same movie. The founder of the company is Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), a tireless, driven, demanding, dynamic workaholic. They already stressed the marriage was lacking (straight to sleep, no sex, no time for eachother), and that's all they really needed. Theres a moment when one character mistakenly thinks theyve walked in on a sex act, a gag that was tired when Threes Company repeated it each week. And definitely dont just re-frame that email as I noticed some things, curious about why you made that decision, how dare you respect my intelligence with a polite email, indignant or bust! Breaking and entering sequence was definitely pushing my limits of suspension of disbelief, but it provided a setup for the excellent scene in the bar later. the companys investors, while delighted with its success, would like to bring NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Aminah. In 2021, the National Association of Colleges and Employers reported 66.4 percent of interns ended up being converted to full-time employees with those companies after graduation. They then find out that this other woman works as Juless personal secretary, and met Matt because she too had a daughter that she would take to the same school. Jason (Adam Devine) shows him and three other interns (two senior citizens including Celia Watson as Doris, and a young man, Zack Pearl as Davis). So there you have it- 10 ways to be the absolute worst. blessed part of Brooklyn, its windows are not normally quite as uniformly shiny All the items are in perfect order. for Meyers, 21st Century entrepreneur type; not too far beneath her That night a fire alarm goes off in their hotel. The film was released on September 25, 2015, by Warner Bros. De Niro has the title role here, as he did in Taxi Driver The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. When she is done, she tells Ben that she hired him on the spot, though the CEO told her to sleep on it. Really hated the whole cheating angle, it just wasn't necessary. Send your questions or comments about this or any other spoiler to: THEMOVIESPOILER.com. She asks Becky to put him on the phone in a decisive voice. http://letmegooglethat.com/. obert De Niro is the last person youd think to cast in a remake of Amlie, but if Nancy Meyerss love letter to workaholism is good for anything, its seeing the star of Taxi Driver and Mean Streets as a fastidious fixer of other peoples problems. She lets him know that he should have thought of their daughter to begin with, and therefore will not forgive him. Her husband, Matt, gave up his own career to be a stay-at-home dad to their daughter, Paige, when About The Fit started to take off. Like a bad boyfriend, the entitled intern will be turned away at the end of the summer, but go back home and complain that the company was the crazy one. But a silly He is informed by Jules assistant Becky that he has a meeting with her at exactly 3.55, and he should be prompt because there's another meeting at 4 pm. He asks her about a meeting she had with another CEO that didn't go too well either. Its how all the surfaces gleam: The Intern was shot at locations mostly actually funny. I could not remove him from the character. Female film-makers are up against it long before their film hits the cinemas, from the initial pitch all the way through to the critics screenings. Originally set up at Paramount Pictures, The Intern was planned to feature Tina Fey and Michael Caine in the lead roles. She finally lets herself relax and joins him in practicing tai chi, an act symbolic of her finding balance in her life. Immediately start emailing anyone you can and do not relent. The second most common type of painful intern is what I call The Invisible Intern. Doris is a horrible driver, driving into someone else's car and almost crashing into a building. Real chemistry Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in The Intern. Also, make sure to complain about any hiccups in the interview, on boarding and overall coordination to anyone that will listen, especially when you can make sure to leave out all context. stand. In a very dignified manner, he defends Jules career and professionalism in front of the catty moms making it sound like partly their victory that one of their own made it so big. And a hug was needed between Ben and Jules. When the conversation about Matt and Juless marriage comes up between Ben and Jules, Jules tells Ben that she knew Matt was cheating on her, but did not know how to react to the situation. masseuse (Rene Russo) is fodder for two groan-inducing visual gags. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But to quote Meyerss earlier picture, somethings gotta give. Through all of this Ben maintains a careful, empathetic Everyone at the company is so young; maybe some experience would do them some good. 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The most important rule of office communication is to never actually clarify intention with the real adults because they will think youre evil and stupid. With his wife gone and most of his friends dying off around him, Ben is faced both with his own mortality as well as a strong sense of loneliness. Whittaker, and hes a retired, well-off widower in Brooklyn whos bored with Battling boredom, he's applying as a senior (as in senior citizen) intern for a local internet startup . Seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. [1], The film opened alongside Hotel Transylvania 2 and was projected to gross $1520 million in its opening weekend. All in all an easy recommendation for fans of the genre. The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth: Season 8, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Season 1, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to The 5 Most Anticipated Movies of March 2023. Ben eventually reveals that he once worked in the very same building where About The Fit is now based. Then again, it seems these films cant win. Verified reviews are considered more trustworthy by fellow moviegoers. And the movie is rather good at the Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. lol yeah, the moment they started talking about a new ceo and then he walks in. Yes, why cant female film-makers write some nice, believable stuff, like a movie about an astronaut who survives by planting potatoes in his own poo when abandoned on Mars, or about an alliance of superheroes who save the world from an interdimensional alien invasion? Just found the 'crisis' (Matt cheating) rushed up. Hathaway's role was derided as "less of a character and more of a fast-walking, speed-talking collection of gender grievances. Jules gives him more and more responsibility, surprising Cameron. Theres something really soothing about a Nancy Meyers There is absolutely no way they are making stuff up to sound smarter than they are, or speaking out of context, or making grand assumptions based on here-say. However, he finds that Matt was faking his illness to meet another mom who he is clearly having an affair with. as those of the buildings seen here. Indeed, when theres a new Meyers film on the slate, you can just about hear the critics sharpening their knives. the Terms and Policies, and to receive email from Rotten Tomatoes. There was a similar backlash against HBOs Girls at first from men, but we dont have the luxury of a full TV season to change their minds. Late to the party here, but was looking forward to watching this and saw it today. Most of this I do in my spare time, and every year I look forward to summer because I know it means interns are coming. 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