The Intern (MOVIE REVIEW)

Poster for the movie The Intern, starring Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway
and Rene Russo (photo credits - Warner Bros. Pictures)

Director: Nancy Meyers (known for directing It's Complicated, The Holliday & Something's Gotta Give; and producing Father of the Bride & I Love Trouble). 

Produced by: Nancy Meyers & Suzanne Farwell.

Written by: Nancy Meyers.

Main cast:

Robert De Niro ---- Benjamin Whittaker (Ben)

Anne Hathaway --- Jules Ostin 

Rene Russo ---- Fiona Farwell

Anders Holm --- Matt

Adam DeVine --- Jason

Zack Pearlman --- Davis

Nat Wolff ---- Justin

JoJo Kushner --- Paige 

Rene Russo and Robert de Niro as Fiona and Ben.
(photo credits - Warner Bros. Pictures)

Release Date: September 25, 2015 (USA) / September 24, 2015 (Brazil)

Running Time: 121 min.

Budget / Box Office: US$44 million / US$ 194,6 million (box office success)
Plot Summary: A retired 70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro, known for his work in Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, Goodfellas, etc) is bored with his retired life, so applies to be a senior intern at an online fashion retailer and gets the position. The company founder of About the Fit is Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway, of Princess Diaries & Bride Wars), a tireless and demanding workaholic, but also responsible and helpful.

Rene Russo enters massaging Robert De Niro. How cute!
(photo - Warner Bros. Pictures)

At his interview, Ben reveals he used to work for a phone book company. And for his first day at work, Mr. Whittaker tries to dress impeccable. To begin with his work, he is informed by Jules's assistant Becky (Christina Scherer) that he has a meeting with her at exactly 3:55 pm, and he should be prompt because there's another meeting at 4:00 pm. Becky also tells him to talk fast and blink a lot, because her boss is disturbed by people who do not. In the meeting, Jules informs him that she will not have much for him to do. However, she will email him if something comes up. 

During all the movie, Ben begins a relationship with the company massagist Fiona Farwell (Rene Russo), who appears massaging his back, making him more calm... It's evident that he is very attracted to her. But also Ben is committed to Jules, and even breaks into her mother's house to delete an embarrassing e-mail and avoiding to get arrested (for me that's the funniest part of this movie!!!)

Robert de Niro and Rene Russo: between excitement and laughs!
(photo - Warner Bros. Pictures.)

Unfortunately, Jules is under pressure to give up her work, because the investors feel that she is unable to cope with the workload, and she believes she'll have more time at home with her family. When driving Paige home from a party, Ben discovers that Matt is having an affair with another parent at Paige's school. While on a business trip in San Francisco to interview a potential CEO candidate, Jules reveals that she knows about Matt's cheating, but did not confront Matt about it because she was not ready to deal with it.

The ending of the movie is when Jules tries to hire a CEO to save her marriage with Matt (Anders Holm). And even Ben ending happily together with Fiona, he supports Jules in her dreams. 

Rene Russo soooo beautiful as Fiona Farwell.
(photo - Warner Bros. Pictures)

Fun Facts about the Movie:

• This movie is the third one Rene Russo worked together with Robert De Niro, along with the movies The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) and Showtime (2002). 
• Director Quentin Tarantino (director of Reservoir Dogs & Pulp Fiction) said this movie is one of his favorite movies of 2015.
• This movie has some cool references to Anne Hathaway's movies, such as The Princess Diaries (2001) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006). 
• And also this movie talks real life situations, such as leadership in companies. 

Critical Reception:

• IMDB: 7,1/100
• Rotten Tomatoes: 60% (mixed)
• Metascore: 51/100
• CinemaScore: A- (A+ to F)

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CHARACTER IN FOCUS: Robby Keough, "Outbreak" (1995)

Rene Russo in a scene in Outbreak (photo: Warner Bros Pictures/Peter Sorel)

This is a follow-up for the April 10 post for "Outbreak". Now in this post... I'm going to tell some details about Rene Russo's character in Outbreak, Robby Keough. 

Dustin Hoffman (Col. Sam Daniels, in background, left) with
Rene Russo in "Outbreak" (photo: Peter Sorel/ Warner Bros.
Pictures)

Initially, in the movie "Outbreak", by Wolfgang Petersen (who directed Rene in the movie In the Line of Fire, 1993), Robby Keough, played and defended well by Russo, had a troubled relationship with her ex-husband, Col. Sam Daniels, also played well by Dustin Hoffman (love him in Kramer vs. Kramer, Rain Man, Tootsie, and other movies), because this is sent to Zaire along with Major Salt (Cuba Gooding Jr.) and Casey Shuler (Kevin Spacey). Robby also examined the first people infected by the Ebola virus, Jimbo (Patrick Dempsey) & his girlfriend. 

And also in this movie, there are multiple accidents, one of them envolves Robby, when Casey's suit tears, allowing the Ebola virus to infect him and later, him infecting her. In the end... after the "cure bomb" has dropped in California, Robby was finally cured and she and Daniels resumed their relationship.

According to Rene, in 2014: "It's really weird. We had to go to the CDC, and when I spoke to the epidemiologist, my question was, 'OK, so tell me, what's the deal? Is there going to be [an outbreak]? We've had plagues forever. What's going to happen?' And they said to me, 'It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.' And he wasn't necessarily talking about Ebola. But that freaked me out. I said, 'Well, can I keep my racal suit?!' I mean, I started making plans. I am prepared. I'm not afraid of nuclear whatever — that's fast. But I have to say, [an outbreak] would scare me. I'm not thinking it's going to come get me. I'm not paranoid. But I am prepared.

A couple times I have thought, Would they start closing borders? That's what they did in Outbreak. They started closing borders. There was a lot of panic. But mostly what comes to mind is the epidemiologist telling me, 'It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.' It's so sad, what's going on right now in Africa. It's just hard for me to watch." (Buzzfeed).

Rene in a scene of "Outbreak" (photo credits: Warner Bros. Pictures/Peter Sorel) 

Sources:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/rene-russo-is-finally-back-in-nightcrawler?utm_term=.pjBl73evq#.pqMAaZO2D 

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ME

Outbreak (MOVIE REVIEW)

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman are part of the main cast
of "Outbreak" (1995), directed by Wolfgang Petersen. (photo credits: Warner Bros. Pictures)

Director: Wolfgang Petersen (he worked with Rene in the movie In the Line of Fire, 1993, but he also was known directing Air Force 1, Troy, Poseidon, among others).

Produced by: Wolfgang Petersen, Gail Katz, Arnold & Arnie Kopelson.

Written by: Laurence Dworet & Robert Roy Pool.

Main Cast: 

- Dustin Hoffman ------- Colonel Sam Daniels

- Rene Russo ------------ Dr. Roberta Keough (Robby)

- Morgan Freeman ------- Brigadier General Billy Ford

- Donald Sutherland ------ Major General Donald McClintock (Donnie)

- Kevin Spacey ------------- Lieutenant Colonel Casey Schuler

- Cuba Gooding Jr. -------- Major Salt

- Patrick Dempsey-------- James Scott (Jimbo)

Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman as Sam, Robby and Billy,
respectively (photo credits: Peter Sorel/Warner Bros. Pictures)

Release Date: March 10, 1995 (USA) / April 7, 1995 (Brazil)
Running time: 128 min.

Budget / Box office: $50 million / $189,8 million. (box office success).
Plot Summary: In the late 60's, a virus called Motaba (which causes a mortal fever) was discovered in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo). To keep this virus a secret, U.S. Army Officers Donnie McClintock (Donald Sutherland) and Billy Ford (Morgan Freeman) destroy the camp where the soldiers where infected.

Some years later, Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman), an USAMRIID virologist, is sent to investigate an outbreak in Zaire. Along with him, were Casey (Kevin Spacey) and Major Salt (Cuba Gooding Jr.) . They gather some information and return to the United States. Ford, now a brigadier general and Daniels' officer, advises that the virus will spread.

The monkey Betsy, host of the virus, is smuggled into the country and sent into Cedar Creek, California. Jimbo Scott (Patrick Dempsey, who recently worked as Derek in Grey's Anatomy), a worker in an animal testing laboratory, is infected when he was stealing the monkey to sell into the black market. After failing and releasing the monkey into the woods to Cedar Creek, Jimbo develops symptoms while flying to Boston, infecting his girlfriend. The illness is investigated by Dr. Robby Keough (Rene Russo), a CDC scientist and Daniels' ex-wife. To end, Jimbo, the pet owner, Alice (Jimbo's girlfriend) die, but Keough concludes that no one else in Boston was infected.

While Ford provides the serum, Daniels realizes he was aware of the virus before the outbreak, and confronts the general that Motaba was a bioweapon and infected the monkey. In the time everyone was dying, Daniel learns about Operation Clean Sweep, and McClintock plans to use the operation to conceal the virus' existence.

The operation starts, Salt and Daniels escape in the helicopter to the ship where Betsy was, and Daniels carries a photo of the monkey to release it to the media. Both discover that a Cedar Creek resident, Mrs. Jeffries (Gina Menza), discovers that her daughter Kate (Kara Keough) was playing with Betsy in the yard... so the CDC was warned about the situation.

Rene Russo as Robby in a scene of "Outbreak" (1995)
(photo credits: Warner Bros. Pictures)

The ending of Outbreak is when Salt and Daniels mixes Betsy's antibodies with Ford's serum to create an anti-serum, saving Robby, while then, Casey died. Donnie was arrested, Daniels and Keough reconcile, and Cedar Creek residents are totally cured.

Fun Facts about the movie:

• This movie, along with an episode from The Simpsons from 1997, predicted the Ebola outbreak in October, 2014.
• Outbreak was the first movie when Rene Russo and Morgan Freeman worked together; the other was recently, in Just Getting Started, some months ago, in December 2017.
• Outbreak was based from the book The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, also released in 1995.
• The monkey Betsy appeared in the sitcom Friends (1994).
• Scenes in Cedar Creek were filmed in Ferndale, California. 

Critical Reception:

• IMDB: 6,6/10
• Rotten Tomatoes: 59% (mixed; 44 critics).
• Metacritic: 65%
• CinemaScore: A - (from A+ to F).

On April 24, I'll write more details about Rene Russo's character, Robby Keough, of Outbreak... 

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ME