'The Internship' doesn't make good on its promising storyline
'The Internship' stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as older Google interns who try to succeed in a youth-dominated environment.
'The Internship' stars Owen Wilson (l.) and Vince Vaughn (r.).
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Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, hoping no doubt to recap their 鈥淲edding Crashers鈥� vibe, reteam in 鈥淭he Internship.鈥� This time, instead of a wedding, they鈥檙e crashing the corporate precincts of Google, where they jawbone their way into internships after the bottom drops out of their salesmen gigs.
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There鈥檚 a potentially good comedy to be made about old-school guys trying to make a go of it in a youth-dominated digital marketplace, but director Shawn Levy and screenwriter Jared Stern overdose on moronic excursions, including an outing with the two guys and their 20-something fellow interns (the company calls them 鈥淣ooglers鈥�) at a strip club. And Google, the corporate entity, is so lovingly portrayed that the film itself resembles nothing so much as a massive product tie-in. Grade: C- (Rated PG-13 for sexuality, some crude humor, partying and language.)