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Average Rating
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3.0
As a de facto Wedding Crashers sequel, The Internship is exceptionally mild; even an impromptu strip club visit feels SFW.
Av Club
2.0
Can the tameness be attributed to director Shawn Levy, tireless purveyor of bland PG 13 romps Or did the producers not want to risk alienating the ima ..
Av Club
3.0
Thats a nice message (and its certainly a swell advertisement for Google), but its not a funny message.The Internship gets so caught up in healing the ..
EW
3.5
If youve seen them act in any movies separately, and again, sorry Im hammering this home, but if youve seen Wedding Crashers, you know exactly what ki ..
We Got This Covered
2.0
Its a testament to the duos jazzy comic chemistry that they wring some laughs from this dated, frankly sinister premise.
Time Out
1.0
Alas, such kowtowing is indicative of a movie sorely bereft of ideas, laughs and justification for the comic duos undifferentiating self regard.
Time Out
3.8
The setup is rife for milking the generation gap to score easy points and easier yuks.
2.5
As directed by Shawn Levy (who previously steered Night At The Museum and its sequel), the film meanders agreeably enough through its predictable plot ..
Screen Daily
1.5
Keep in mind that these arent shy nerds; theyre self centered, mean spirited nerds.
Collider
2.5
Wedding Crashers exploited that difference for all it was worth, to hilarious results.
Vulture
2.5
It would have been more satisfying if they had more distinctive personalities.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.5
Product placement aside, theres an admirable, even sweet, message about fellowship and misfit pride shot through the whole script, and Vaughn is rathe ..
2.0
Vaughn and Jared Stern, who wrote The Watch with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, have turned in a screenplay light on salty language.
3.0
Though Rose Byrne suffers through an underwritten near cameo, the leading men feel engaged and the fresh faces entertain instead of annoy.
3.0
Though Rose Byrne suffers through an underwritten near cameo, the leading men feel engaged and the fresh faces entertain instead of annoy.
2.5
As it stands, its passable summer entertainment that leaves us wondering what might have been.
Cinema Blend
1.0
Director Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum, Date Night) makes sure we do, as Billy and Nick navigate techie land after being chosen to compete for a sum ..
Ny Daily News
2.0
Its all formulaic in the extreme, and nothing you havent seen done time and time again.
JoBlo
2.0
Despite efforts to say something interesting about life in the digital age, The Internship falls short of being a must see comedy let alone a thought ..
Screen Rant
2.5
The notion that Google has a marketing problem seems almost funny in itself.
The Globe And Mail
3.1
And The Internship itself would be kind of charming, too, if this Google recruitment film, this 119 minute commercial for Googliness, werent so downri ..
Philly
2.0
Its a lazy comedy, innocuous and inoffensive but formulaic and tired, as well as fatally overlong.
One Guys Opinion
3.8
Theres an unadulterated joy in the re teaming of those fast talking Wedding Crashers Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, a wholesome novelty in their playin ..
Rogers Movie Nation
1.9
Its two hours of tedium rescued only occasionally by barely amusing humor that rarely pushes the tame PG 13 envelope.
ReelViews
3.0
10 1 4 / 10 In 2005, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson co starred in Wedding Crashers, a vulgar R rated comedy that ended up becoming one of the biggest pi ..
Blu Ray
3.0
Theres a great comedy to be made about someone who spends tens of thousands of dollars on a world class education, runs himself into debt for decades, ..
Chicago Reader
2.5
The movie works better than it might seem from the list of problems, and thats because it benefits from a cast that rises above the materials limitati ..
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
But its also got a real feel good factor and, ironically, will be a calling card for its young, mostly unknown supporting players.These old dudes cras ..
2.5
Where the movie trips up most is in its dogged desire to impart life lessons.
Usa Today
2.5
No, its the paper thin characters and utterly predictable storyline that does the film in.
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Im not sure theres anything particularly new here (some might say the very idea is dated), but the jokes are good, and there is the Butterscotch Stall ..
The Times
3.5
This is a good movie that another couple of screenplay drafts might have made a great movie.
Screen It
2.5
The Internship takes a padded two hours to tell a thin story that buries its charm in emo mongering and Google plugs.
Rolling Stone
3.0
The Internship is an engaging and enjoyable comedy thats consistently funny, thanks to a witty script and terrific comic performances from Vaughn and ..
View London
3.1
The Internship gets by mostly on good intentions and an overall sweetness of spirit, which just might be the point.
News Day
3.0
The Internship stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as older Google interns who try to succeed in a youth dominated environment.
Cs Monitor
1.3
It seems more likely that a dumb movie will lead only to a time wasting surge in applications from dummies.
New York Post
1.0
Devoid of laughs but rife with brand marketing, its ironic legacy seems preordained: to be the number one Google search result for Shameless Movie Pro ..
Film Journal International ..
3.0
While The Internship has some poignant things to say about the modern corporate world, it also has a very modern way of getting its point across.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
A too long, one note affair, predictably following the patterns of any fish out of water comedy you can think of.
Az Central
3.1
This is a movie that skates by on the sheer likability of its stars; there are genuine laughs in the script co written by Vaughn.
Star Tribune
2.5
Attempts to add some sort of tension to this predictable farce are so out of place as to be ridiculous.
Toronto Star
2.0
Yes, this comedy about a pair of washed up watch salesmen who land a months work experience at Google is utterly corrupt (the search engine supplied i ..
Guardian
1.0
Error Code 404: Laughs Not Found.There is a creepy, undead feel to this lumbering comedy set in the offices of Google, and Owen Wilson and Vince Vaugh ..
Guardian
1.5
Mercifully, this movie is so dreadful that it probably wont pave the way for a zany comedy about BPs corporate response to the Deepwater Horizon disas ..
Salon
2.0
The Internship Rob Carnevale 5 July 2013 Overlong and predictable comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson Product placement is rife in many moder ..
Flim List
3.5
The film is padded and thin, and the comedy feels like hard work.
2.5
Susan Grangers review of The Internship (20th Century Fox) The line between a legitimate feature film and a product placement filled infomercial grows ..
Susang Ranger
2.0
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Boston Herald
2.0
By contrast, the picture which reunites its stars, Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, for the first time since that 2005 smash is flat, dispiriting and bar ..
Express
2.5
It feels 20 minutes over full at least. Cut out half of the Flashdance and X Men references, and youre halfway there.
Chicago Tribune
2.5
Why not cover their asses and make sure everyone is inoculated with love and giggles for Google by making a comedy picture with Americas favorite wedd ..
Flickfilosopher
2.0
Where The Internship relatively succeeds and other similar mainstream comedies have failed is with the chemistry and dogged likable appeal of Wilson a ..
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
With near constant product placement and a depiction of Googles campus as the coolest place on Earth, The Internship is a feature length commercial fi ..
Las Vegas Weekly
3.0
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Total Film
3.5
The Internship doesnt signal the start of a new buddy comedy Golden Age, but you really cant go wrong with Vaughn and Wilsons reunion and if youre in ..
Lyles Movie Files
2.0
He has one line in the film that earned a legitimate laugh, but overall seems wasted as a caricature.
Birth Movies Death
2.0
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Standard
2.5
Well, lets just say theres nothing explosive about this cliched corporate comedy.
Groucho Reviews
2.5
Is it possible to build a long and profitable career in comedy without making a single very good movie, or even displaying an obvious sense of humor.S ..
Nj
1.0
The Internship is a horrible piece of cinema, soulless, shameless and devoid of anything remotely artistic, entertaining or interesting.
Hey U Guys
2.5
Perhaps we could have swallowed this recycled schtick a bit easier had director Shawn Levy injected some energy into the proceedings, but his flaccid ..
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
In a shrewd piece of casting, this cross generational romp reunites Vaughn and his Wedding Crashers co star Owen Wilson, with the search engine giants ..
The Age
2.5
Yet it is a pleasant (if overlong) and gets better as it goes along rather than worse.
Maki At The Movies
3.1
Unfortunately, The Internship is never able to provide them with one and so their potential is wasted, despite a few nice moments.
Three Movie Buffs
2.0
If youre looking for logic, it appears to be that clever kids in glasses love Harry Potter.
Digital Spy
1.3
Published on Jun 6, 2013 The Internship starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson is reviewed by Ben Mankiewicz (host of Turner Classic Movies), Alonso Du ..
You Tube
2.0
The Internship isnt in the same comedy league as that 2005 smash but close enough to make the playoffs for the funniest movie youll see this season.
Tamp A Bay
2.0
While the onscreen duo may coast much of the way through their Google internship on charm alone, this wont wash for moviegoers.With too few gags, too ..
Flicks
0.0
Like the Heat/Spurs series, theres no one to root for in the condescending, disingenuous The Internship, and Vaughn really doesnt want us to think abo ..
Red Eye Chicago
3.5
Two new movie offerings take different paths to get through coming of age situations that are often humorous and mostly satisfying when all is said an ..
Cleve Land
2.0
The film confirms that vanity is a delicate, difficult target. Miss it, and you and your artistry seem as vain and misdirected as your material.
Ft
2.5
Pleasant On occasion. Laugh out loud funny Rarely. The Internship seems content to settle on middle of the road. Such mediocrity wouldnt pass muster a ..
Dustin Put Man
3.0
This Wedding Crashers reunion has enough snappy dialog to keep us laughing even if the film itself feels like little more than a two hour Google adver ..
Contact Music
1.0
so scattered and desperate that its like a Stephenie Meyer aficionado on a speed date
Film Racket
1.0
Its not outrageous; indeed, its barely funny.Despite a strong cast that includes Assif Mandvi, Rose Byrne, Max Minghella and Josh Gad, there are few i ..
Hollywood And Fine
3.0
The easy going chemistry of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson bring an infectious energy to what could have been an otherwise stale comedy in The Internshi ..
Matts Movie Reviews
3.5
At its core, though, The Internship works because its T shirt and jeans comedy loose fit comfort and casual, with a timeworn plot faded into its fabri ..
The Filmy Ap
1.5
And The Internship is the same, being surprisingly non raunchy considering its stars.
Ign
0.0
There are bad movies, and then there are movies whose success would bode ill for cinemas future. The Internship is the latter.
The Dissolve
3.0
Yet, the likability of the cast eventually wore me down, and combined with the endpoint of some truly laborious exposition, the film started to win me ..
Cinemix Tape
3.1
Vaughn/Wilson chemistry optimizes comic Internship hello Billy and Nick (Vince Vaughn, left, and Owen Wilson) seek out a job at Google in The Internsh ..
Daily Herald
3.1
Levy largely avoids the cynical and the crude, which is refreshing.
Mercury News
3.0
Michael Apted and Curtis Hanson co direct a movie that rolls out like a waterlogged Karate Kid.
Scots Man
2.0
Its all very formulaic, but its the kind of formula that can still work in the hands of a deft director and charismatic actors but sadly both are in s ..
The Verge
2.5
Wedding Crashers had a heart, too, but it didnt swallow up the whole movie; The Internship wears its heart on its forehead.
reason
2.0
Eight years ago the co stars, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, were wonderfully funny as fast talking con men in Wedding..
Wsj
3.0
Both put in more subtle performances than audiences are accustomed to and the result makes for a far more enjoyable film.
Concrete Play Ground
3.0
The characters may be spouting dizzying digital jargon but the gags are far from cutting edge.
Daily Star
3.0
And if youve nothing to do this summer, you may want to see if they still need some interns.
Media Mikes
2.0
And it is this dismissive attitude that makes the unfunny moments excruciating.
Daily Film Fix
4.5
Whats distressing is the movies applying romantic comedy plot points to a megabusiness: boy gets corporation.You dont need a heart to like this movie.
Grant Land
2.5
Vaughn and Wilson take an incredibly formulaic and improbable setup and make it somewhat enjoyable.
Blog Bullz Eye
2.5
It is not funny.Certainly not with the consistency of Wedding Crashers.
Toledo Blade
3.0
You can ride around on multi coloured bikes munching on complementary muffins.
Sky
2.5
However its not, and the movie ends up being not good not abysmal, just another flick that youll probably forget about as soon as you leave the theate ..
Schmoes Know
2.5
But the film is not particularly funny at all.One wonders if some knucklehead at Google inundated the screenwriters, Jared Stern and Mr. Vaughn, with ..
Critics Notebook
2.0
At least in The Internship that message is delivered with a wistful smile.
Aarp
3.0
But I think the Spider Man mythology transcends not only generations but directors as well.
Eclipse Magazine
3.4
Like the best of the 80s films, The Internship wears its heart blatantly on its sleeve and reaffirms that being yourself is always the best.
Flixist
3.0
It also brings this Shawn Levy film an element of maturity the genre typically lacks.
O Canada
3.0
Theyre the least likely to succeed or they would be if everything about this film didnt shout feel good movie.
Oc Register
2.0
From Reeses Pieces in E.T. to the real life ads incorporated into The Island to every Adam Sandler movie ever made, the phenomenons here to stay.
Blogs Houston Press
3.5
Wilsons affable performance is both delightful and a welcome reprieve from an over caffeinated Vaughn.Though The Internship has genuine charm, some of ..
Fox News
2.5
Hits all of the typical notes you expect, and only succeeds in making us laugh and care because Vaughn and Wilson are in it.
Dc5
1.5
It may just be the best movie on the subject youve never heard of.
7 Dvt
3.0
The film lacks surprises and greathumor but its funny enough to merit a recommendation.
Big Hollywood
2.5
Where Wedding Crashers was naughty yet sweet, this new movie is pseudo edgy and safe.
Deads
3.0
They never quite reach heights of hilarity, but they do have a fun and funny chemistry that keeps the viewer engaged.
Patheos
1.9
This is actually a rare, insightful nugget within the premise; the rest of the movie is feel good fluff.
Christy Lemire
3.8
Plot wise, the film is a linear exercise that doesnt dare to divert from its predestined conclusion.
News Gazette
2.5
If this is really how Google selects its new employees, Bing should be eating its lunch.
Madison Movie
1.3
Google is a magical dream world of pure imagination, chocolate waterfalls and ever helpful Oompa Loompas.
Co Ed
1.5
A portrait of advancing age desperation that doubles as odd meta commentary on its stars, director Shawn Levys The Internship is a floundering, often ..
Spin Off Comic Book Resour ..
3.0
Agreeably topical, intermittently funny, occasionally moving... and arguably the biggest product placement plug of all time ...
Birmingham Post
1.9
The role playing quidditch match in this movie takes up more time than the real thing in a Harry Potter movie.Much of the blame belongs to Vaughn.
Planit North West
2.5
Again, this is a comedy, but the comedy is not that they should even want to succeed in such things, but that rather they might not be good enough to ..
Times Union
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