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Movie Review - The Internship

The Internship *** (PG-13) Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson star as the same sort of glib, likeable hustlers they played in Wedding Crashers...and throughout much of their careers. This time they’re salesmen who learn their company has gone belly up in the middle of a pitch to one of their soon-to-be-former customers. He knows they’re out of work before they do!  

Vaughn decides they should look to the future, applying for highly-competitive internships at Google, even though they are already in their 40s, and know virtually nothing about the tech realm. They lie their way into the horde of applicants assembled at the home office, finding a summer camp atmosphere, complete with forming teams who vie for the few jobs that will be offered. The rest is essentially a version of Meatballs for adults, as our guys and their handful of nerds compete as underdogs against the bullies and cooler kids. It’s also a wet sloppy puppy kiss of corporate PR for Google, or product placement run amok, depending on how you feel about the company.    

The silly premise actually works pretty well, primarily because Vaughn is such a masterful BS artist, who can ply that comic persona in virtually any waters. The stars also get solid support from a young cast of “types” and help from established funnymen like Aasif Mandvi, Josh Gad, Rob Riggle, John Goodman and, briefly, Will Farrell.  The less you think about the plot details, the more you will laugh along with this piece of non-allergenic early-summer fluff. (6/7/13) 

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