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[Movie] The Intern (2015 film)

The Intern (2015 film)

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The Intern
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nancy Meyers
Produced by	Suzanne Farwell Nancy Meyers
Written by	Nancy Meyers
Starring	Robert De Niro Anne Hathaway Rene Russo
Music by	Theodore Shapiro
Cinematography	Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by	Robert Leighton
Production company	RatPac-Dune Entertainment
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release dates	September 15, 2015(Belgium premiere) September 25, 2015(United States)
Running time	121 minutes^[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$35 million^[2]
Box office	$193 million^[2]

The Intern is a 2015 American comedy film directed by Nancy Meyers. The film stars Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway in the two leading roles, with supporting performances from Rene Russo, Anders Holm,Andrew Rannells, Adam DeVine, Christina Scherer, and Zack Pearlman. The film was released on September 25, 2015 by Warner Bros.^[3]

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Plot[edit]

70-year-old widower Ben Whitaker (Robert De Niro), a retired executive at a phone directory company, applies to a senior citizen intern program after retirement has gotten too boring for him. The company he applies to is About the Fit, a fast-growing e-commercefashion company, whose founder and CEO Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway) had previously agreed to a community outreach program where seniors will intern at the firm. Ben impresses everyone and is one of four hired.

Ben is assigned to work with Jules, who is somewhat skeptical of him at first. Initially frozen out by Jules, Ben slowly wins the office over with his likeability and one day, after clearing the office junk table, gets into Jules' good graces. One day, Ben notices Jules' chauffeur drinking outside his parked vehicle. He convinces the driver to go home early and drives Jules home himself, a role he retains when the chauffeur is nowhere to be found the next day. Ben eventually reveals that he once worked in the very same building where About The Fit is now based as well as developing a romantic relationship with the in-house massage therapist, Fiona (Rene Russo) and becomes something of a father figure to the younger workers. He is very committed to Jules, and even breaks into the house of Jules' mother with his band of co-workers to delete an embarrassingly scathing email that Jules inadvertently sent her. Ben also gets to know Jules' family. Her husband, Matt (Anders Holm), gave up his own high flying career to be astay-at-home dad to their daughter, Paige (JoJo Kushner) when About The Fit started to take off. However, their marriage is shown to be slowly breaking apart over Jules' long hours, mainly caused by her very hands-on management style.

Meanwhile, Jules is under pressure to give up her post of CEO to someone outside of the company as her investors feel that she is unable to cope with the workload, having grown About The Fit from a startup founded in her kitchen to a 220-employee juggernaut in only 18 months. Believing it will give her more time at home with her family, Jules is willing to consider the offer. While driving Paige home from a party, Ben discovers that Matt is having an affair with another parent at Paige's school. While on a business trip in San Francisco to interview a potential CEO candidate, Jules reveals that she knows about Matt's cheating as well.

In an effort to buy herself the time to repair her marriage, Jules decides to hire a prospective CEO from San Francisco. 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 tampered with and also reminds her of her passion for her company. Matt unexpectedly drops in at the office and urges her to reconsider, saying that he is willing to make their marriage work. Jules goes out looking for Ben wanting to tell him that she has changed her mind and finds him obviously enjoying his Tai Chi exercise group. She finally lets herself relax and joins him.

Cast[edit]

Robert De Niro as Ben Whittaker
Anne Hathaway as Jules Ostin
Rene Russo as Fiona
Anders Holm as Matt
Andrew Rannells as Cameron
Adam DeVine as Jason
Zack Pearlman as Davis
Jason Orley as Lewis
Christina Scherer as Becky
JoJo Kushner as Paige
Nat Wolff as Justin
Linda Lavin as Patty
Celia Weston as Doris
Steve Vinovich as Miles
Molly Bernard as Samantha
C.J. Wilson as Mike

Production[edit]

Originally set up at Paramount Pictures, The Intern was planned to feature Tina Fey and Michael Caine in the lead roles. When a budget could not be settled, Meyers decided to pre-package before going out to other studios and was able to start negotiations for both actors.^[4] Handed over to Warner Bros., Fey was replaced by Reese Witherspoon as the attached star, though Witherspoon left the film on January 15, 2014 due to scheduling conflicts.^[4] As of February 7, Anne Hathaway was in final talks to replace Witherspoon in the lead role.^[5] Stephen Goldblatt was set as director of photography.^[6] On June 23, Zack Pearlman joined the cast of the film.^[7]

Filming[edit]

Principal photography began on June 23, 2014 in Brooklyn, New York City,^[6]^[8] where De Niro was spotted on the set of the film.^[9]

Marketing[edit]

The first trailer was released on May 13, 2015, and was later attached to showings of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Pitch Perfect 2 and Paper Towns.^[10] On August 3, 2015, another trailer was released.^[11]

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

As of December 17, 2015, The Intern has grossed $75.1 million in North America and $117.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $192.8 million, against a budget of $35 million.^[2]

In its opening weekend, the film was projected to earn $15–20 million. It ended up grossing $17.7 million, finishing second at the box office behind fellow newcomer Hotel Transylvania 2 ($48.5 million).^[12]

Critical response[edit]

The Intern has received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 60%, based on 149 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "The Intern doesn't do enough with its timely premise, but benefits from the unorthodox chemistry of its talented leads."^[13] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 51 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[14] CinemaScore announced that audiences gave the film an average grade of "A-" on an A+ to F scale.^[15]

Richard Roeper gave the film an "A–", stating, "With some genuinely insightful dialogue, a number of truly funny bits of physical business, and small scenes allowing us to get know and like a half-dozen supporting players, The Intern grows us on from scene to scene, from moment to moment."

Manohla Dargis, in The New York Times, wrote that the film was typical of Nancy Meyers' other films: "frothy, playful, homogeneous, routinely maddening and generally pretty irresistible." Despite finding fault with "lazy screenwriting" and "Meyers’s conflicted ideas about powerful women," Dargis praised Meyers for "the smartest choice she makes in “The Intern”: Mr. De Niro, her loosest, most valuable player" who "owns the movie from the moment he opens his mouth." Hathaway's role was derided as "less of a character and more of a fast-walking, speed-talking collection of gender grievances."^[16]

Clem Bastow, writing for The Guardian, suggested that poor reviews for the film were primarily coming from men, who form the overwhelming majority of film critics.^[17]