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Too good to dismiss, not good enough to be satisfying - The Intern review by MD

Not one of Nancy Meyers's best offerings, but a pleasant enough diversion if you want something light and (reasonably) fluffy. The set up, in which de Niro's old-school businessman joins an internet start-up company, is highly implausible, but actually well handled. He has a lot of fun with the many "this is now, that was then" moments, and the film in general has plenty of nice touches regarding modern living. Hathaway is solid without being really convincing, but the film's real weakness is the second half, in which de Niro gets sucked into Hathaway's personal life, and a sub-plot involving his own growing relationship with an older woman (Rene Russo) is randomly introduced. Here, the movie seems to lose focus and direction, and the inevitable "feminist" message at the end is only very awkwardly put across. On the whole, it's too good a film to dismiss out of hand, but not good enough to be truly satisfying, hence the dead centre 3 star rating.

Watchable but twee family comedy - The Intern review by PV

Robert De Niro in comedy cash-in mode again here. A rather silly film with some good bits in it - that's how I'd describe this.

Just couldn't believe the set-up though - but hey, it's just a dramatic device.

Hated the twee family set-up and the 'working woman' spiel though. The very idea someone who could set up and run a large company couldn't manage so clear a desk or eat breakfast is just plain daft too.

This is the sort of pleasant, inoffensive, mildly amusing girlie film you'd take a girlfriend to on a first date.

Forgettable twaddle, but raises a laugh now and then especially with the clash of generations - lots of gags there that ring true (which much of the rest of the movie doesn't). The dodgy driver subplot is a nonsense, and some of the coincidences in the plot are as silly as they are unnecessary.

It's a 'meh...' movie and as such get a limp 3 stars. Not good or bad or memorable in any way. But a passable feelgood film.

A nice-enough 'feel good' film but, oh my, the poor diction - The Intern review by RS

As the title says..it's a fluffy 'feel-good' film. No violence, swearing, sex or nudity! The eponymous PC film. The storyline is, however, as predictable as they come but a pleasant enough way to spend an evening curled up by a roaring log fire.

But the diction! Or more specifically Anne Hathaways' diction. I have an aversion to the way most American young women (and some not so young) speak. Most of them sound like a gerbil being slowly castrated but Anne Hathaway takes this to an all-time low by force feeding the gerbil some helium. Her diction is so bad that halfway through the film, we admitted defeat and turned on the sub-titles.

The word 'nice' was made for this film - The Intern review by PC

Good to see a slight return to form for Robert De Niro, although nobody like his lovely old man guru actually exists in real life. Anne Hathaway is as watchable as ever and her moments with De Niro are much better than the material deserves. A good family film though.

ok - The Intern review by William London

It's not a comedy (you won't laugh). It's a romantic-comedy, or a quality chick-flick. Not a bad movie, pleasant to watch and relaxing. But not worth seeing a second time.

Lovely feel-good movie - The Intern review by RW

Good characters, good story and the two leads, Hathaway and De Niro, are on excellent form, with good chemistry. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Middle-aged man going nowhere - The Intern review by AS

Single-sentence synopsis dragged out to two hours. Plodding, repitive narrative and virtually no plot. Several points introduced but never pursued. One-dimensional characters: Hathaway far from manic enough; De Niro pulling his usual gamut of faces. The 'boys' were seemingly plucked out of a 1980s TV sit-com. The squeaky-voiced cute kid dates back to the '30s. If you want to see/hear how this sort of thing should be done, watch a Frank Capra movie, listen to some Garson Kanin/Ruth Gordon dialogue.