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It’s
been eight years since the last pairing between Vince Vaughn and Owen
Wilson in
2005’s Wedding Crashers. If you loved
watching their bromance in that film, then you get to witness one quite
along
the same lines in The Internship. Billy
(Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen who have lost their
jobs as
a result of the changing economy and face of technology. They apply for
an
internship at Google which gives them the possibility of getting
employed by
the mega-company.
When they arrive, they
find that they are the oldest out of the masses of interns and are
therefore
shunned by the large majority of job hopefuls. They team up with the
other
misfits of the group in order to complete a number of tasks to the best
of
their best abilities that will ensure them a place on the Google team.
Billy
has to fight his constant worry of ruining his chances, while Nick
finds an
unexpected love interest in workaholic, Dana (Rose Byrne).
In
this episode of the Vaughn and Wilson show, we are subject to some fun,
humour
and a vast amount of predictability. The
Internship doesn’t pull any surprises. You know exactly what you
are
getting and how you are going to get it. It is a lot of fun getting
there though.
Google could not have publicised itself any better. The Google offices
are more
like an indoor theme park than a place of employment. It makes the
search
engine suddenly seem a lot more attractive than what it actually is. It
also
suddenly makes computer studies and information technology seem a lot
more
interesting and fun.
The
team of Vaughn and Wilson has no problem working on screen together.
They
obviously have an incredible amount of “bromantic” chemistry and
verbally
bounce off each other during their dialogue. However, when they go on
their lengthy
explanations of their hair brain ideas, it can become painfully
annoying when
they think that it is hilarious to take so long to get to the point.
Sometimes
you wish they could just hurry up and say what they mean in one
sentence rather
than having the two of them try to explain in the most entertaining
(but
annoying) way using ridiculous anecdotes as examples.
The Internship does
do what it sets out to do though, and that is make people laugh. There
are some
very funny, if cliché moments throughout the film which make it worth
watching.
For how many annoying anecdotes there are, they are just as many, if
more very
funny moments. The supporting players to Vaughn and Wilson in Josh
Brener,
Dylan O’Brien, Tiya Sircar and Tobit Raphael all hold their own and
have their
own memorable and funny moments. There is also a very funny cameo by
Will
Ferrell. The Internship is a good
film, not a great one, but does serve it’s purpose of
entertaining and the laughs are definitely there to be had.
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