There seemed to be a lot of value placed on male approval, something Jules spent the entire film searching for, and ultimately finding in her intern.

There's something powerful in that, in the simple fact that The Intern is so sympathetic to its older character-so resolutely on the side of a person who might, in other contexts, be dismissed or ignored or, as is so often the case, invisible.

It's the kind of compulsively watchable film you'll be helpless to resist when it shows up on cable TV.

Dependable enough to earn a modest endorsement.