The Intern
Experience never gets old.
70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker has discovered that retirement isn't all it's cracked up to be. Seizing an opportunity to get back in the game, he becomes a senior intern at an online fashion site, founded and run by Jules Ostin.
Wokeness: 20%
Overall Score: 80%
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Andre Santamaria
A nice movie that serves to rebuke elements of our ageist throwaway culture.
Yes, there are mild elements of wokeness to this film. Mostly what you’d expect of a cast of characters set in New York, in a female-run tech startup.
But, despite those relatively subtle woke notes, this film is an endearing story which (maybe unintentionally) serves to demonstrate the value of traditional masculinity in the form of Robert De Niro’s character, who is a retired old-school businessman whose steady demeanour and wisdom bolster Anne Hathaway’s character as he guides and surreptitiously mentors her into becoming a more fulfilled and quietly confident version of herself. In addition to the lead man being cast as a quiet, competent, and steady figure, this film also shows the value of age and wisdom, in a culture which far too often spurns the old and glorifies the young.
Created: 03-12-2023
