The Internship: Movie Summary

Summary of the storyline of The Internship

At the start of the movie the old-school salesmen Billy (played by Vince Vaughn) and Nick (played by Owen Wilson) lose their job as watch salesmen after they are informed by their boss (John Goodman) that watches have becomes outdated and unnecessary in the modern world of technology where individuals use their smart phones as a means of keeping track of time.

Billy and Nick are middle-aged, old-fashioned men whose work future is threatened by a dominating new technological domain. Billy then decides to apply him and Nick at an internship at Google whilst Googling for “jobs for people with no skills”. This internship may lead to permanent jobs at Google. The pair then somehow manage to wangle themselves into internships at the huge organization, and straightaway head out to Silicon Valley in California.

All of the interns are told to divide themselves into teams. Each group of interns compete with other “Nooglers” for the desirable

The six of the group members do not get along well in the early stages of the internship. However, through a spirited ‘Quidditch’ match with the rival team of the arrogant Brit, the team are inspired by Billy to behave and think more like a team, and as a result, use teamwork to play the game excellently.

The film shows Google’s creative culture and business environment, with “Nooglers” wearing coloured T-shirts with the words “Noogle” on it, riding around on colourful Google company bikes around the Google campus and using the sauna, lunch area and ‘energypods’, a few of the many benefits that Google provides its interns and employees in the film.

The interns compete in various different challenges, including coding and creating an app, assisting Google users through Google helpline calls, and locating bugs and debugging codes. Lectures are also held for the interns in order to teach them about the several departments of Google, such as the lecture given on Google