The Intern
2015
***½
Director: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Anders Holm, Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, Zack Pearlman, Jason Orley, Christina Scherer
Ben, a bored 70-year-old widower, joins a senior intern programme at a booming fashion e-commerce company, whose overstressed founder and CEO Jules attempts to juggle the demands and needs of her work, husband, and child. Nancy Meyers' romantically flavoured feelgood film begins as an amusing fish out of water story but quietly evolves into a heart-warming comedy about friendship, respect, and empowerment. The two hours offer undemanding but entertaining wish fulfilment.
