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“The Intern” Is a Very Strange Workplace Fantasy
By Richard Brody
In “The Intern,” Nancy Meyers sketches a hard-edged portrait of a heroine of the times as well as a softball fantasy of the moment.
In “The Intern,” Nancy Meyers sketches a hard-edged portrait of a heroine of the times as well as a softball fantasy of the moment.
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