Starring: Robert DeNiro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm, JoJo Kushner, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, Zack Pearlman and Christina Scherer
Running Time: 2 Hours and 2 Minutes
It has been such a long time since there has been a good movie in my genre to review. Well... this is the one!
Such a great movie, it really tugs at the heartstrings.
Anne Hathaway stars as Jules Ostin, the young creator and owner of a super fast growing specialty clothing company. Her clothing company ATF, is in dire need of a CEO and someone who can help her with the demands of an up and coming company. Plus she is trying to balance her home life with her husband Matt
(Anders Holm) and her adorable daughter Paige
(JoJo Kushner).
She and her assistant Cameron (Andrew Rannells) decide to try a different spin and hire a senior intern.
Enter Ben Whittaker (Robert DeNiro) a 70 something year old widower, who is finding that retirement just isn't his cup of tea. He sees the ad and decides to apply for the intern position. Much to his surprise, he is hired and starts immediately. He finds himself in a whirlwind situation where the workforce is nothing like it was when he was formerly employed. He is working for a company that has only existed for a year and a half and employs around 250 employees. He is surrounded with young millennials who are very casual and laid back. Ben is the consummate professional in every way, he is assigned to be Jules' intern much to her chagrin. He is at her beck and call, he even becomes her driver where they are able to develop a more personal relationship, much like a father/daughter relationship, and it just works!
I found this movie to be so refreshing and uplifting. Such a sweet and tender movie with a lot of fun and comedy too! Robert DeNiro was impeccable as Ben and Anne Hathaway was perfect as the young entrepreneur Jules. Ben also becomes somewhat of a rock-star to all the young employees, especially to Davis (Zack Pearlman), they were great together. I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and think you will too.
Parents be advised: This is rated PG-13, but a pretty soft PG-13. However, the F-bomb was dropped once and there was one scene where Ben was getting a small massage in the office by the in-house Masseuse Fiona (Rene Russo) where he gets a little excited (awkward but funny), other than that it was pretty mellow. I think children ages ten and older will be fine with this movie.
I am giving "The Intern" three and a half bags of popcorn.
