Modern Comedy Criteria For The Movie: The Intern

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Modern Comedy Criteria: The Intern The movie I will be evaluating is a comedy film titled The Intern. It includes well-known actors like Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway. This film is about a 70-year-old widower named Ben Whittaker. He takes the chance to become a senior intern at an online fashion site after being a retired marketing executive for quite some time, Ben is looking for something to keep him busy. Whittaker doesn’t hit it off right away but he soon becomes popular amongst his younger co-workers as well as his boss Jules Ostin. His friendliness and wisdom help him develop a close friendship with Jules and her family. Modern comedy movies are somewhat predictable now a days, the criteria they usually follow have relatable humor, dirty humor, acting ability, unrealistic situations, exaggerated plot, conflicts and happy endings. Throughout this essay I will …show more content…

Although its criteria doesn’t match up well against modern day comedy films, it’s actually refreshing. Since many comedy movies today are too vulgar, they lead you to either turn away or stop watching all together. This movie hints at sexual humor but does it in a mature manner. This may be because the target audience is directed more toward older adults, nonetheless I would like to see this exercised in more films. This film is likeable because it goes against what we’ve grown used to as far as comedic movies go. It demonstrates relatable humor, giving you ultimately a feeling of connection with the characters, also the acting talent is so accurate you at times actually feel sorry or even happy for the characters. Although this movies main purpose is to make you laugh, one can learn life lessons from this movie. For example you should always keep your charm, and stay humble during stressful times. Although it is a comedic film, it discusses real conflicts seen in people’s lives and gives a good name to the movie genre,

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