'The Internship' Movie Reviews: Critics Say Vince Vaughn & Owen Wilson Should Be More Distinctive [TRAILER]
Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson reunite for the new comedy The Internship but some critics aren't too content with their roles.
The two actors, who also starred together in the 2005 hit movie Wedding Crashers, play two watch salesmen whose careers have been destroyed by the digital age. In lieu of the fact that most people now use their cell phones to check the time instead of purchasing actual watches, Billy (Vaughn) and Nick's (Wilson) company is shut down. In turn, the two obtain internships at Google where they are forced to compete with geniuses for full-time employment.
Yet, unlike in Wedding Crashers where the two had unique personalities, The Internship doesn't give the characters too much contrast.
"Predictability is not the only problem with the script, which was written by Vaughn and Jared Stern," writes The Hollywood Reporter."The two stars present an amusing physical contrast, but their characters aren't very sharply differentiated. Both of them are fast-talking, confident hustlers. It would have been more satisfying if they had more distinctive personalities."
Another problem is that the movie, directed by Shawn Levy, doesn't deliver punch lines that are original or too funny.
"Indeed, given how much "The Internship" has going for it, it's doubly disappointing when the movie sells itself short with dumb, unconvincing gags," writes Variety. There are also "overextended set pieces, chiefly a long second-act foray into a San Francisco strip club that seems to have parachuted in from a different movie," according to the magazine.
Despite these negative reviews, there's a plus side.
"There's something finally disarming about The Internship's boundless optimism, its belief in the possibility of starting over at 40, and its vision of Google as something like the world's biggest mom-and-pop business. Who knows if that's really the case - but hey, it's only a movie," Variety adds.
Still, for the fans who'd love to see Vaughn and Wilson back together regardless of the negative criticism, the film hits theaters on June 7.
