The Internship: Review

The dynamic duo from Wedding Crashers intern at Google. Sounds like a blast right?

Directed by Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Date Night), The Internship centers around Billy McMahon (Vince Vaughn) and Nick Campbell (Owen Wilson), two washed up salesmen who lose their jobs because the sales market just isn't what it used to be. All the kids of today use electronics, and for some reason our protagonists have never learned how to use something as simple as Skype. The two fall into a depression, Billy's house is foreclosed upon, and Nick goes to work for his sister's boyfriend (Will Ferrell) at a Mattress and Bedding store. Lucky for them, Billy is able to procure them an internship at Google, and they are forced into a whole new world, with brighter, younger individuals  surrounding them. The two are teamed up with the "losers" of a large internship group at Google, and are put in random competitions to show their talents and why they should be hired by Google. The catch is that only one team is hired, meaning 95% of the Google wanna-be's won't become a part of the Google family. After this, the movie becomes one competition after the next, ranging from funny to flat out boring.

Now before I go into this review, let me start off by saying that Wedding Crashers is one of my favorite comedies of all time, and solidified in my mind that Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson make a hysterical team. This holds true in the Internship as well, but not nearly to the extent as their prior film. Like Wedding Crashers, in which the two learn that they are being selfish crashing weddings, and should instead think about the people they love most, The Internship too tries to have good life lessons in the story. This time however, it's about loving yourself, and being happy with who you are. It also focuses in on the idea that kids of today use too much social media, and need to look out and enjoy the world in real life. 

The film has some young talent, including Max Minghella, most famous for playing the Winklevoss twins bottom bitch in the Social Network, and one of the guys from that show Teen Wolf. Okay, I do know his name, it's Dylan O'Brian. Anyways, these characters (and the many other younger characters) played their parts well, and provided a few laughs here and there.

Rose Byrne stars as Dana, Nick's love interest in the film. She is one of the highlights of the film, and is as adorable as ever. I really think she's proven herself as a versatile actress, starring in everything from Insidious to Get Him to the Greek. She adds a subtle sexiness to The Internship, which gives it a few more points in my book.

I told you. Adorable. 

SPOILERS AHEAD!

High Points: 

- A particularly funny scene in which Billy and Nick take the rest of the team out to their first strip club, and one of the teammates, Yo-Yo Santos (Tobit Raphael), goes against his overprotective mother's wishes and gets drunk for the first time. The scene goes on a little too long, but is still one of the funniest scenes of the movie.

- The Google interns all have to play a game of Quidditch, which results in some hilarious slap-stick humor and a particularly funny Vince Vaughn rant about the movie Flashdance. 

- All the scenes with Rose Byrne.

- A scene in which Billy explains his new app idea, which turns out to be a direct copy of the popular app Instagram.

Low points: 

- Most of the scenes with the opposing team. These scenes try and add funny dialogue, but fall flat.

- Towards the end of the film, Billy quits, and decides to go back to being a salesmen. He joins up with a motorized scooter salesmen named Randy (Rob Riggle) for one of the most eye-roll inducing scenes of the movie.

- Will Ferrell even being in the film. His cameo is weak in this one. Wasted talent.

The Internship is worth watching, but keep in mind, it's not comedic gold in any sense. I enjoyed it, but there's nothing too special here. 

Overall, I give the film a 3/5.