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This is a very bad movie. Don't watch it.

posted 8 years ago by gidogido
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My god what a mooshy smooshy dribble crybaby piece of crap this movie was. It's all so outdated. Boohoo I'm a business woman who can't juggle her husband and child boohooo. I could almost hear the director saying "please Anne let the waterworks go......now!" Boohoo boohoo. And why is there always a kid in these kind of movies that is way too wise for their age. Kids are usually just fighting, asking for candy and crying about their vegetables. Who believes this crap anyway. And ugh that husband character. That story about that their kid said humongous. That almost made me barf.

[–] vic_cc-288-122638 8 years ago

agreed that hotel scene was so cringe worthy.
ive learned to check the director/writer next time

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[–] mavvymoo 8 years ago

Glad I wasn't the only one who wanted to just turn it the hell off as soon as she invited him in. Ugh, gross, just wrong. Bad, bad movie.

[–] Zach-Boardy 8 years ago

I thought it was a good movie overall, but for some reason it was a little cringe worthy with the scenes where Anne was supposed to be crying and upset I.e when she gets told she needs a CEO and the hotel scene, yet there were no tears what so ever. Those are the only scenes that I had a problem with because those parts seemed more of a play then anything

[–] kgoldie6 8 years ago

I agree 100%. You said it perfectly.

[–] jasonschultz62 8 years ago

Agreed as well. The "actor" that played her husband sucked and should never work in film again.

[–] matthewpaul526 8 years ago

The husband was a crap role. The character had no depth, was spineless, and came off as the villain.
They could have booked an unknown actor, but instead they hired a dude whose only major credit is a Comedy Central show. No one wanted the job. Ya, he wasn't particularly good, but nobody was going to save that character.
The film had a good set up, but the characters were empty and the scripted delivered nothing in the end.

[–] LukeLovesFilm28 8 years ago

I hate the way people limit the potential of kids by generalizing them as greedy, selfish little retards.

[–] DrZaat 8 years ago

Thank you!

[–] travelergirl 8 years ago

The dialogue was horribly boring and not creative. Anne tried her best, but her acting fell short of anything out of the ordinary. De Niro is what brought me to watch the film, and he did as decent a job as one can with this poor script. But even he came across in his acting as not being 100 percent convinced of this movie as more than anything other than another paycheck, in my opinion.

Nothing had substance. It was all too perfectly folded into one neat package. From Anne's character's home decor to the ending with her husband. All too neat and tidy to be realistic.

[–] Stoshie 8 years ago

I didn't like it either. It was done well, technically, but for me, they ran out of plot ideas during the last hour. The whole thing with the husband's behavior felt tacked on, in order to force an action by Hathaway's character. An action that was telegraphed right from the beginning; we knew what she was going to do.

Plus, it got too sappy for me, as other people here have described. I wanted it just to be over at that point. Please, put me out of my misery.

The idea of an old guy coming into an internet start-up company had possibilities. But I felt the writing couldn't hold it together. 6 stars for me.

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[–] fanaticita 8 years ago

I couldn't disagree with the OP more. I absolutely loved this film. De Niro was like a "guardian angel" to Hathaway in every way. Compared to all of the violent, depressing, action-oriented films that have nothing to say, this film stands out as the reverse -meaningful, compassionate, and something to think about in the relationships between youth and elders. I found nothing "wooden" about De Niro. He doesn't have to say a lot, his expressions say it all. He was brilliant in this film.

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[–] fanaticita 8 years ago

Different strokes for different folks. While I respect your opinion, others are entitled to theirs too.

[–] Sibyla01 8 years ago

Oh yes, those films are gems!

[–] LukeLovesFilm28 8 years ago

I don't agree that DeNiro can't act.

But yes, the fact that these feminist women think they can't speak for men or even dictate how men should think, act, feel, etc is TOTAL BS.

[–] Can_a_bitch_get_a_donut 8 years ago

I turned it off at 50 minutes, when the sexless non-threatening male employees were celebrating "progress" that Anne was communicating by yelling at one of them.

This was right after one of them walked in on a massage that looked like a possible sex act from the back, and he overreacts like an old lady seeing a spider.

I'm Kevin Roberts and I'm the coolest bitch in town!

[–] vappour 8 years ago

De Niro can't act? I believe this is the same Robert De Niro from Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Godfather II, the Untouchables and so many others. I believe he is acclaimed as one of the best American actors, and his body of work speaks for itself. He has been criticized as a "paranoid perfectionist" when it comes to his roles -- especially his earlier films. So what. And also so what that he chooses to relax at 70+ years old (he was born in 1943) and rake in some bucks with a few lightweight fluff films. He has nothing to prove at this point -- especially to the likes of IMDb posters. The De Niro film I saw before The Interns was Last Vegas -- about a group of giezers (sp) (Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline and De Niro) who throw a stag party in Las Vegas for one of their number who is getting married at age 70 (or so). Lightweight, entertaining stuff. The fact that he's still called and able to do this at his age is well earned.

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[–] vappour 8 years ago

True up to a point. The way I see it, he has nothing to prove at this point in his life/career. So why shouldn't he kick back and take some easy, fluffy roles that don't require much effort (it sometimes appears that he's sleepwalking)? I would think that he probably does this for the money (I have no idea what he's into outside of acting). If I want to see De Niro and I'm bothered by his recent performances ("Last Vegas" or "The Intern"), I'll run Raging Bull or The Deer Hunter.