The Intern

[Drunk Monk]

I forgot to post a review here.  I posted one on KFM, because believe it or not, it was relevant there.  Here's that review:

Caught this on British Airlines while crossing the Atlantic. It wasn't the sort of film that needed a big screen and worked well on those tiny airplane seat-back screens. Whenever I went to the bathroom, I saw a lot of other passengers watching it.

The Tai Chi bookends this film, very predictably so, once you see the opening scene of it. There's nothing else martial here, but it's a nice Tai Chi moment. I'm happy for Tiffany Chen and that she got Tai Chi the exposure here.

Deniro plays the nicest retiree ever. Hathaway is the nicest working women heading a start-up ever. Rene Russo is cougar-ific. It's a nice film, very family friendly, very predictable, very white, like a bowl of Wheaties and milk. No swordfights. I'm glad I didn't review it. 

BTW, I've never met Tiffany, but I've hung out with her brother, Max.

Anyway, I had this flash thought on my commute this morning that this film needs a mash-up spoof vid made where instead of DeNiro playing the role of the intern, Ben, he should play an aging Travis Bickle as an intern to Hathaway.  That would totally kick ass.