By Anastasia Kadiyala and Jackie Lee
Arts Reporters
Rating: 3.5/5 Stars
After watching The Intern, we immediately wanted a best friend like Robert DeNiro, who starred as a senior intern named Ben.
A widower and retiree, Ben is tired of all his free time and so decides to search for more meaning in his life. Fortuitously, he stumbles upon an advertisement for “Senior Citizen Interns” at an Internet startup called About the Fit.
Ben is assigned to work for the founder, Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), who is at first reluctant to accept his help and the program as a whole. Ben tries his best to get Jules’s attention, especially since her focus is centered around her hardships both at home and at the office.
Ben starts to help Jules with all of the tasks she is too busy to complete, and a friendship quickly starts to blossom. Jules quickly begins to lean on Ben, who becomes an honorary member of her family.
This is by far the cutest movie we have seen and has elements of both romance and comedy. The best part has to be Ben and Fiona’s (Rene Russo) budding romantic relationship, or Ben’s friendships with the younger interns.
The very ending of the movie was a bit of a contradiction to the rest of the movie’s “you go girl” attitude. Seeing as Jules is fighting to keep her job as CEO in the male-driven business world, the ending made us roll our eyes (If this seems like a spoiler, it’s not).
At two hours, this movie was way too long. The film could have still addressed and elaborated upon its major themes and plot if it was a half an hour shorter. A lot of scenes just felt like filler.
DeNiro once again gave an Oscar-worthy performance, shining in a cast that didn’t seem to be putting its best foot forward, making our hearts melt in this story of redemption and friendship.
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