The Internship Film Analysis

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Movie Review: The Internship
Summary of the storyline
The Internship is a 2013 American comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern and produced by Vince Vaughn and Levy.

The Internship is about two middle-age salesmen Vince Vaughn as Billy McMahon & Owen Wilson as Nick Campbell who work as a team for a failing high-end watch company finagle a summer internship at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California. But The Internship is far more than propaganda for Google's heavenly work environment (which it doesn't really need, as the world's second-most admired company). They join a large-scale program for dozens of college students who are divided into teams that compete on a set of tasks (not all of them
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When in high stress taking a break from work can lead you to out of box ideas: Like in this movie, Billy and Nick take the group to night outs although their assignment was due. They come up with out of the box idea for the app and win that round. over the course of the film, it becomes apparent they have honed a skill many of their fellow interns lack: creative problem solving, we see a good example of the use of problem solving when Vaughn and Wilson take their team to a nightclub as a way to bond and unwind as a team, After a wild night of partying, the group stumbles upon an idea for an app that requires users to answer a difficult math problem before they can send a text message while intoxicated. The app is built and submitted just before deadline and ends up a huge hit. Why? Because the app addresses a problem people frequently …show more content…
Because it dictates so much of our lives, In order to control the conflict we need to have effective communication and as well as good listening skills.

Conclusion
The film highlights many business related issues and examples, the grade 12 consent had chapters on creative thinking, problem solving & Conflict management in a team environment. The film environment is very suitable for grasping and gaining practical everyday, relatable examples for the business studies content. This movie review task is very relevant, in the syllabus we learnt about the important of good team work and film is cantered around a team composed of outliers, misfits and the unlikeliest to succeed, it was leadership and teamwork that won the day.
Other than the theme of teamwork, many other life and work lessons come up like the art of balancing time with online technology and with reality. There is an also sales and marketing tip which are useful for our grade 12 content, also shows benefits to certain aspects like teamwork, problem solving and creativity in the

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