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Home / Waikato News / Lifestyle

Movie Review: The Internship (+trailer)

By Craig Nicholson
Hamilton News·
18 Jun, 2013 02:34 AM2 mins to read

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Some movies are there just to be enjoyed.

There's no deep and meaningful message, no multimillion-dollar action scenes, no saucy love stories - just a bit of fun.

The Internship is just that - a bit of fun. But then, looking at a cast containing Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson and a wonderful Will Ferrell making a cameo, you know there are going to be plenty of light-hearted laughs.

Billy McMahon (Vaughn) and Nick Campbell (Wilson) are two salesmen who watch as the digital age passes them by.

When their company closes down and leaves them on the scrapheap, they stumble across an opportunity at Google.

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If they can use their creative salesmanship well enough, they may be able to secure a spot in an internship programme at the digital giant.

The problem is the two know nothing about computers and the wonders that can be achieved through them.

Somehow, they manage to get into the programme and now face a gruelling test of computer abilities and ingenuity if they want to secure a fulltime Google position.

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Teamed up with four young and clever whizz-kids, hopes are not high that they will be able to do well enough in the challenges to win the jobs.

But what Billy and Nick lack in technical skills, they more than make up for in life skills and they soon manage to turn their rag-tag team of misfits into a cohesive group on a mission.

The two men must work hard on improving their computer and programming knowledge, while also inspiring their teammates to come up with the correct solutions.

Wilson and Vaughn have a wonderful rapport built up in various previous on-screen collaborations.

With Vaughn the man behind the screenplay, the patter between the two seems incredibly natural and funny.

For those of us in their middle age, there is a lot of truth in the story told here.

The age of technology is moving ahead at a rapid pace and if you can't keep up with it, you can be left isolated in a digital wasteland.

Join Vaughn and Wilson on their voyage of discovery.

The Internship

(M) 119 minutes

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Rating: 3 / 5


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