The Intern (2015 Nancy Meyers & scr)

Sometimes you want hermetically sealed, Nancy Meyers unreality land, just as you do an old Hollywood black and white. Even the office is a beautifully designed space (it happens to be de Niro's old office). Stephen Goldblatt is her pick of photography for gloss varnish. It's not just kitchens - it's linked to that perfect world - Nancy just positions her films in that world.

Amusing to wonder what Aki Kaurismaki would have made of it. In his version, the old intern would have made a hash of things, to begin with, misunderstood things, created catastrophes - here, Robert de Niro is too good and cherished by everyone from the word go. But the above applies - sometimes you just want that. He virtually becomes Anne Hathaway's father (in substitute for uncaring parents).

Some if it feels a bit underdeveloped - what's the point of introducing the office bike ride thing if not to use it again later? Still, thoroughly enjoyable in neutral - after a particularly tough week it was just what the doctor ordered.

Wasn't he in Taxi Driver? More reminds me of the character in Up!

"God, I wish your expressions weren't so transparent."

'Additional editing' by Kevin Tent, eh?