Looking over Nancy Myers writing collection, I'm surprised how many are productions we've enjoyed -- "Private Benjamin (1980)", "The Parent Trap (1998)" was watched repeatedly by our young daughter, even "Protocol (1984)" is a pleasant enough distraction, and "The Holiday (2006)" is maybe my favourite with her Arthur (Eli Wallach) being my most enjoyable character. So how does a 2015 "The Intern" fall short with such a résumé of well liked movies? The husband (Matt) is a complete twit, and watching this idiot ruins anything done correctly in the development of this production.
Had I watched the movie when it originally aired, I would have still been unsatisfied with this movie, but I probably wouldn't know what happened. The project's timing of 10yrs ago is the likely culprit -- the cusp where Hollywood really began to loose it's mind over moronic men with the coming age of the 'girl boss', doing anything it can to destroy traditional relationships. It takes a certain power to be the consort of a powerful person, and Jules' husband does not demonstrate it. This is a story of woman growing into something special, just as we might wish our own daughters to be. This journey is an interesting enough story without a main character being tethered a weak-kneed child-man that noone would want to call son-in-law. For me, this pretty much destroys what should have been a wonder 2hrs with De Niro, Hathaway and Russo.
Had I watched the movie when it originally aired, I would have still been unsatisfied with this movie, but I probably wouldn't know what happened. The project's timing of 10yrs ago is the likely culprit -- the cusp where Hollywood really began to loose it's mind over moronic men with the coming age of the 'girl boss', doing anything it can to destroy traditional relationships. It takes a certain power to be the consort of a powerful person, and Jules' husband does not demonstrate it. This is a story of woman growing into something special, just as we might wish our own daughters to be. This journey is an interesting enough story without a main character being tethered a weak-kneed child-man that noone would want to call son-in-law. For me, this pretty much destroys what should have been a wonder 2hrs with De Niro, Hathaway and Russo.
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