Intern, The (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD UltraViolet Combo Pack)
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 may be her best role so far strictly in terms of her acting performance and that says a lot.
She has turned in some sparkling efforts in a number of well received films. “The Intern” might not have the high drama of some other of her films but the overwhelming pleasantness of the film over all and her superb performance make it memorable. De Niro continues his career and here acts with the muted restraint of an elder who finds himself in a junior position. Always excellent he remains so here.
Also of note we receive the gift of Rene Russo, a watchable actress in a small but charming role as the company masseuse. Yes, the new company is just hip enough to have a company masseuse. Many of the other young cast members will seem familiar from their roles in various TV comedies.
Writer/director Nancy Meyers had both the inspiration to write the script and the directorial control to oversee the final output.
She has a string of modest sized films which have found their audiences to extremely profitable success. She crafted such hits as “What Women Want” and “It’s Complicated”.
Rarely in a film do we have a chance to meet and like a series of characters, a list which grows as the film goes on. Even the minor supporting cast members bring their small bits of the story into sharp focus as real people that we can know, however briefly, and to appreciate.
This reminds us of the great films of yesteryear. We like the characters very much. We have no distractions from the story of naked people doing what they do or violence of any sort or of foul language. Instead we get an interesting story played by actors who are allowed to act to the extent of their abilities, another rarity.
“The Intern” gets a big three and a half saw blades. It runs for two hours and one minute.
The “PG-13” rated movie brought in a very strong $32 million over the opening weekend on a $40 million budget. Nancy Meyers has made another movie that people will gladly watch.
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