The Intern & Dan Vs.

I kick things off this week with a rant about tattoos proving that only those people who don't have them care enough to be vocal about them as we chat about the Top 5 Tattoos in movies.<br/><br/>THE INTERN sees Robert De Niro play seventy-year-old widower Ben Whittaker,  a retired executive from a phone directory company who starts a new chapter in his life by joining a fast-growing e-commerce fashion startup helmed by visionary entrepreneur Jules Ostin (Anna Hathaway), surprising his new boss with the skills, insights and professional and personal experience he can draw from a life lived to the full along the way. An affable, predictable, and somewhat bland but pleasantly upbeat comedy with some gorgeous styling, De Niro is charming as the wise Ben who teaches us about persistence, patience and how to be a gentleman as Jules grapples with the demands of being an entrepreneur, wife and mother. Subject matter such as celebrating the role of older people in the workplace and the painful sacrifices women must make are of course excellent topics but some more humour would have helped to offset the tediously long-running sub-plots featuring a cast of monotonous supporting characters. Manages to be bafflingly devoid of racial diversity despite being set in Brooklyn.<br/> <br/>Bad Dad Dan often laments that the world is conspiring against him so he should have some sympathy with his namesake in DAN VS. in which the titular Dan finds himself on the trail of a Wolf-Man when his car is vandalised. If there has been a theme with this week’s choices, it's "not enough good jokes" and DAN VS. continues that trend. We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at baddadsjsy@gmail.com or on our website baddadsfilm.com.<br/> <br/>Until next time, we remain...<br/> <br/>Bad Dads