|
|
score 1/10
I hadn't fully grasped the meaning of the word "agony" until I went to the cinema last night and watched "The Intern". Let me start by saying that I'm by no means a cinephile, I have seen a few movies in my life and I have opinions, that's about it. What's amazing about "The Intern" is that there is not one single event unfolding on the screen that would provoke a reaction in the viewer. At some point I felt like checking people's pulses, as we had all been sitting there for more than an hour and I hadn't heard a single comment. This movie is a horrible display of stereotyped anthropology, both old and new clichés, with a sequence of facts narrated with no connection whatsoever between them. It doesn't make you cry, it doesn't make you laugh, it's just a two hour long placebo that you would watch if you were part of a control group in a lab. But at least in that case you would get some vouchers. Do not buy any snacks as you'll end up with appendicitis, cause you'll devour them all in the attempt of killing time. When you finally think the torture is over, a "twist" in the story makes you dread that you will have to watch the extra time of this stalemate between boredom and uselessness. One last warning: be ready for the cheesiest lines and shots you've ever seen. Close-up of toothbrushes to symbolize love, narrative stratagems that don't make any sense and a constant celebration of relationship in the most banal way are the main traits to this movie. The bottom line of "The Intern" is you should keep working like crazy and eat junk food, as long as you cycle in your own office, have a massive house in the heart of Brooklyn and make millions with the company you created. There is one good thing about this film though, and it was leaving the cinema to go home and watch another one.
skymindlondon 6 October 2015
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3329925/ |
|
21-11-2019 13:04:58
