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CAST
VINCE VAUGHN      
OWEN WILSON
ROSE BYRNE
JOHN GOODMAN
AASIF MANDVI
MAX MINGHELLA
DYLAN O’BRIEN
TIYA SIRCAR
JESSICA SZOHR

STORY BY
VINCE VAUGHN

SCREENPLAY BY
JARED STERN
VINCE VAUGHN

PRODUCED BY
SHAWN LEVY
VINCE VAUGHN

DIRECTED BY
SHAWN LEVY

GENRE
COMEDY

RATED
AUS: M
UK: 12A
USA: PG-13

RUNNING TIME
119 MIN

 

THE INTERNSHIP (2013)

The easy going chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson bring an infectious energy to what could have been an otherwise stale comedy in The Internship.

As far as movie backdrops are concerned, the choice of Google HQ is an interesting one. Despite the ever foreboding and shameful product propaganda of Google’s role in the film, its house of billion dollar minds- meets jungle gym- meets Vatican of the internet, brings with it plenty of possibilities.

No doubt star/co-writer Vince Vaughn saw this potential, thus leading the way to a reunion with his Wedding Crashes amigo Owen Wilson, and while The Internship does not match up against that 2005 comedy hit, the Vaughn/Wilson tandem bring enough to the table to make this an enjoyable enough comedy experience to please most of us discouraged by those woeful trailers.

Vaughn and Wilson star as Billy and Nick, fast talking salesmen who find themselves out of a job and competing against much younger and much more intelligent minds at a Google internship program. The old dogs try to stay ahead of the competition, while also playing real-world mentors to a group of cynical, tech obsessed outcasts.

Directed by Shawn Levy (a filmmaker whose style is dictated by its blandness), The Internship is nothing more than the Vaughn/Wilson show 2.0, and rightfully so. Their freewheeling improv style and personable screen personas are enough to distract from its undercooked romantic subplots (featuring an underused Rose Byrne) and barely memorable supporting cast of younger talent, save for Max Minghella who expertly plays a swarmy dick of a villain.

Vaughn is especially strong here in what has to be his best performance since, well Wedding Crashes, with his stream of conscious ramblings (where anything from the frailty of time to Flashdance is mentioned) hitting their marks at rapid-fire speed.

Released during an especially lacklustre year in American comedy, The Internship breaks the trend by actually being funny. Not in any way a ground breaker, but better than most.

***

 

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