The idea of two forty something year old men interning at a company with a bunch of nerdy teenagers may sound like a recipe for a barrel of laughs, but sadly, humor is one thing that is missing in “The Internship.” Billed as a comedy, the movie follows Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson), two aging salesmen with the gift of the gab whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they defy the odds by talking their way into a summer internship at Google, along with a bunch of college students. But gaining entrance is only half the battle. Once accepted, they must join a team and compete with a group of the nation’s tech-savvy geniuses to win a job at the world’s largest Internet innovator. A rather predictable flick, their teammates consist of other fellow outcasts including a nerd called Lyle (Josh Brener), a home-schooled anxiety-riddled perfectionist called Yo-Yo (Tophit Raphael) and Neha Patel, played by Tiya Sircar, a nice girl with a deceptive naughty streak. Rounding off the cast is Rose Byrne who plays Dana Sims, a Google executive..............
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:37:24 +0000
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