MOVIE REVIEWS: 'The Internship' Doesn't Work Hard Enough

Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson play downsized salesman who manage to snag internships at Google.

"The Internship" is rated PG-13 and runs one hour and 59 minutes. Click here to check Moviefone for local showtimes in Acworth.

Here's what the critics are saying:

A lot of the film is devoted to showing how the cult of technology and the human element don't need to be opposed; they can, and should, work hand in hand. That’s a nice message (and it’s certainly a swell advertisement for Google), but it’s not a funny message. "The Internship" gets so caught up in healing the generational divide that it’s ostensibly about — the analog dudes vs. the digital kids — that the movie ends up being just a pleasant collection of mild laughs. — Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

Not all of it is bad. There are some scenes that live up to the promising initial premise — middle aged men discovering the perks and setbacks of the new digital economy. . . Many of Vaughn and Wilson's riff-offs with one another — a lot of them improvised — are as amusing ever, as when they dance around Google's unconventional interview questions. . . Yet, for the most part all the Google-touting weighs down an already flimsy storyline. — Tierney Sneed, U.S. News & World Report

Not since the odd 1988 boy-meets-alien flop "Mac and Me" has there been a film as egregiously built around product placement as "The Internship." While "Mac and Me" gratuitously gobbled up McDonalds, it wasn’t actually about the golden arches. But "The Internship," on the other hand, is all about Google, possibly de-throning that silly E.T. rip-off as the king of product placement. — Justin Craig, FoxNews.com

"The Social Network" it isn’t — nor does it try to be — but this big-hearted underdog comedy from director Shawn Levy is, much like its two leads, exceedingly affable and good-natured despite being undeniably long in the tooth. — Scott Foundas, Variety 

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