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鈥淭he Internship" stars Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson and chronicles the adventures of two middle-aged salesmen who score internships at Google. It recently raked in a little more than $18 million during its opening weekend. Monitor critic Peter Rainer gave it a C-, noting that "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 that the movie squanders its promising premise.

But how would two real-life interns feel about the film? Two Monitor interns, Colby Bermel and Casey Lee, decided to check out the movie this past weekend. Here they discuss the film, life lessons as imparted by Vaughn and Wilson, and PB&J sandwiches.

Colby Bermel: I was very excited to see this movie. When I saw the trailer a few months ago, I cried tears of joy for two reasons. One, the return of Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. And two, the whole premise of the movie, which really tickled my fancy.

Casey Lee: I don鈥檛 know, Colby. I wasn鈥檛 that excited when I heard about it. I don鈥檛 think Vince Vaughn is that funny. I also pretty much hated 鈥淲edding Crashers.鈥� I was excited to see Stiles from 鈥淭een Wolf鈥� have a movie moment! But it was good timing, seeing as I am an intern at the moment. Since a group of friends were going, I figured it was a good time to be social.

Colby:聽Yes, being social is always a good thing. Wait, who鈥檚 Stiles? And what is 鈥淭een Wolf鈥�? Apparently I'm unaware of what's on TV these days.

Casey: 鈥淭een Wolf鈥� was a movie in the olden days, like, when our parents were young-ish. But now it鈥檚 a show on MTV and I secretly LOVE it. Stiles is the best friend to the main character; he is brilliant and super funny.

Colby: Speaking of funny, 鈥淭he Internship鈥� was funny 鈥� somewhat. It had its moments, most of which were shown in the trailer. Gosh, why did I have to watch that trailer? They always use the best jokes for them.

Casey: Curse our curiosity! I agree, it did have funny moments. I鈥檓 not upset that I spent all that cash to see it, but it鈥檚 not one that I鈥檓 going to see again or buy.

Colby: But you must admit that the whole premise of the movie was excellent. Vince Vaughn penned it himself. Two buddies in an unfamiliar environment, especially that of Google, is destined for hilarity and life lessons. But it turns out there wasn鈥檛 much hilarity. And there were WAY too many life lessons; they were incredibly corny, to say the least.

Casey:聽 It is pretty impressive that Vince Vaughn came up with the idea. I felt that there was a fairly equal balance of corny and funny, so that worked out okay. Not to mention the bad guy got what was coming to him. That part definitely made me smile. He was extremely irksome. What did you learn from the film, Colby?

Colby: I learned everything there is to know about the life of a dancing girl from a Pennsylvania steel town. Still can鈥檛 remember what that movie鈥檚 called. Vince Vaughn really likes it, apparently, with all of his references to it. What鈥檚 it called, Casey?

Casey: We鈥檒l have to Google it.

Colby: Casey! No! Don鈥檛 surrender to the movie鈥檚 product placement!

Casey: Too late. I Googled. Just what I thought, the multiple references he made was to the 1983 movie 鈥淔lashdance.鈥�

Colby: Oh, thanks. Wait, wait, wait. Aren鈥檛 we supposed to be talking about 鈥淭he Internship鈥� in the context of our own internships here at the Monitor?

Casey: They're nothing alike. Google has free food. I have to go home and get a PB&J. The movie was very inspiring, though. According to Vaughn and Wilson, if you are nice to your co-workers and funny, you'll get a job no matter what, which I found comforting as a current college student.

Colby: Agreed. Case closed.

Colby Bermel and Casey Lee are Monitor contributors.