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This is a very bad movie. Don't watch it.

posted 9 years ago by gidogido
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My god what a mooshy smooshy dribble crybaby piece of crap this movie was. It's all so outdated. Boohoo I'm a business woman who can't juggle her husband and child boohooo. I could almost hear the director saying "please Anne let the waterworks go......now!" Boohoo boohoo. And why is there always a kid in these kind of movies that is way too wise for their age. Kids are usually just fighting, asking for candy and crying about their vegetables. Who believes this crap anyway. And ugh that husband character. That story about that their kid said humongous. That almost made me barf.

[–] brooklyndesigner 9 years ago

yup. nauseating and nonsensical.

[–] drew1116 9 years ago

First off, I don't really like these cheezy feel good type movies. I do like feeling good, but not at the expense of solid filmmaking. That being said, I quite liked The Wedding Date, Walter Mitty and others in the genre.

After only watching the first 40 minutes of the Intern, I'm not qualified to offer a real review, but so far, I'm really not enjoying it at all. Aside from the expected schmaltz, I'm finding myself just loathing most of the characters. One guy can't find an apartment without help. Another rings a stupid bell when someone does something extraordinarily minor. Yet another rides a bike around the loft. I would knock her right off. Yes, I know, some of this actually happens.

A few early scenes I found lazy and weak. We know Ben is old, but those old jokes are simple and cheap. Maybe a little more subtlety would have improved the scenes. I didn't want to create a spoiler for others by describing them.

When I finish watching, I'll come back and finish what I started. Frankly, these types of movies are too simplistic and I'm just not often on brain drain mode where I can lazily watch films like these ignoring the shortcomings. It's also very possible that I'm being too hard and it will get better in the second half.

I did want to run off with Renee Russo and save her :)

Lastly, for anyone who enjoyed this film. I think it's great. My partial review is no reflection on anything and is just one man's opinion.

[–] drew1116 9 years ago

I saw the rest. It's late and I'm too tired to get into it, but in short - too long, too sappy, too many scenes with the cutesy, spoiled, daughter, too annoying shlubby husband, too many stupid, poorly thought out scenes, and too many gamma males (nowhere near alpha). Not my cup of tea at all.

This review sums it up very nicely for me:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/movies/2015/09/23/niro-bland-intern-doesn-work-out/PFHdqfcpm9aLHlGyi6bZgK/story.html

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[–] brefane-41162 9 years ago

WARNING: this film was directed by Nancy Meyers: a flat-footed filmmaker. Her films, It's Complicated, Something's Got to Give and now this, are unwatchable. The Intern is preachy, un-life-like and resembles The Devil Wears Prada with all the life, fun and reality removed. DeNiro seems lost in the house beautiful sets and Hathaway's role is demeaning.

[–] uvl 9 years ago

Movies like this get made so that a few folks make a lot of money. You get a mediocre script, throw a couple of stars like DeNiro and Hathaway at it, market the hell out of it, and then sit back and rake in the dough. It's not rocket science. And given that you seem to have sussed out the fact that it's not very good, you should have also sussed out that it's only there to make money, not to garner great insight into 21st century western civilization.

[–] brefane 9 years ago

It's spineless filmmaking at it's peak or is it nadir?

[–] tsamiec 9 years ago

It wasn't THAT bad. I would say it's fairly typical Hollywood schmalstz.

A dime a dozen movie.

Flawed millenials in a movie that is panned by same.

Yawn.

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 9 years ago

Glad I didn't take your advice. I quite enjoyed The Intern.

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[–] Jazznme2 8 years ago

I wasn't watching for the husband/wife/kid thing! I was watching to see what DeNiro's role was going to let me feel and experience. Once again, he entertained me!! That's all I wanted! Yes, the story was too "cutesy" and unreal. Who cares!? DeNiro in these kind of roles just broadens the breath of his capacity to entertain. I only wish Al Pacino could do more of these kinds of roles. Both have given us much of those grinding roles--too numerous to account here. But "Scent of a Woman' is what finally got Pacino the AA!! Not one of his YELLING movies! Scarface was brilliant, but enough of those. Same for DeNiro!!