If you are looking for a cerebral drama akin to Unfaithful (2002) or the TV series The Affair , look elsewhere. The Intern: A Summer of Lust is a genre picture—a neo-noir erotic thriller for the TikTok generation.
★★★☆☆ (3/5) Tagline: Temptation is a full-time job.
Premise A decade after a conventional romantic-comedy trope, The Intern: A Summer of Lust reimagines workplace mentorship as a moment of sudden, disorienting desire. Set across one charged summer, the film follows Jonah Hale, a 28-year-old marketing intern freshly hired at a boutique lifestyle agency, and Marlowe Avery, the company’s enigmatic 42-year-old creative director. Their professional partnership slowly shifts into a complicated emotional and physical awakening that forces both characters to confront loneliness, longing, and the ethics of attraction.
Often praised for its high production values compared to low-budget adult films.