
Movie Review:
The Intern
Songhee Chang

Rating: 4/5
The Intern is a very down-to-earth American movie that was released in September 2015. It involves a very successful business woman named Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), a CEO and president of an online fashion company who employs a 70 old widower named Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro) as her senior intern to help around in her office. The pair then goes through a phase of understanding and depending on each other, creating a strong partnership.
The Intern is a type of a movie that one can watch over and over again without getting bored of it. It is a long film that lasts for two hours including many problems that viewers can relate to, and it also reminds the teenagers and young adults of our generation about the lifestyles from the last generation, such as phone books and a social network free life. Not only that, this film also includes a woman in power and strongly highlights the idea of feminism and gender equality since films generally show a male in the position of authority.
Personally, I loved the movie. It had everything an entertaining movie needed to have, stretching from good actors to a brilliant storyline. I just could not miss a single minute of it! The movie made me feel all sorts of different emotions; it was an emotional roller coaster ride, but it was great! One of my favorite scenes would be “better late than never” scene where Ostin and Whittaker spend time socializing with each other and converse about how they inspire one another.
The conversation is carried out very casually while they eat pizza and converse about the difficulties of their life. I really liked this scene because I was able to fully relate my own experiences to their conversation and the everyday problems they shared with one another. The only negative comment I can make about this movie is that it was too predictable. I could predict one scene after the next so there wasn’t much surprise. Despite the fact that this isn’t the worst characteristic in movies, it is certainly something that annoyed me in this particular one. Being able to predict the next scene in the movie when I had to pay to watch it made me feel as though I could’ve directed it myself.
I would recommend this movie for everyone above the age of 13 due to PG13 restriction and coarse language in the movie. To viewers who enjoy watching thrillers, horror or action movies, I strongly do not recommend this movie as it has no similarities to those movie genres. However, to viewers who enjoy watching drama and comedy movies, The Intern is the right choice for your taste.