10 years later, Robert de Niro's comedy who should have won him an Oscar (according to Quentin Tarantino) is a streaming success

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10 years later, Robert de Niro’s comedy who should have won him an Oscar (according to Quentin Tarantino) is a streaming success

Isabella Smith

02/07/2025

10 years later, Robert de Niro’s comedy who should have won him an Oscar (according to Quentin Tarantino) is a streaming success

Robert de Niro is one of the best players of all time, who received eight Oscar nominations, winning two. However, the filmmaker Quentin Tarantino thought he had given a performance worthy of the Oscars in a comedy for which he was not nominated: 2015 The trainee.

De Niro may have played in many gangster films, but he has also played in other genres like comedies. For The traineeHe joined the legendary director Nancy Meyers and the Oscar -winning actress Anne Hathaway. The trainee Recently created on Netflix, and it quickly became a streaming success, Tudum Reports.

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The trainee Hit Netflix on June 22, and it has not waste time to attract viewers. For the week between June 23 and 29, The trainee landed in the world top 10 in fourth place. It received 5.6 million views and 11.3 million hours visualized.

The figures are even more impressive when it takes into account that it was only available in one territory: the United States on domestic charts, The trainee made his debut in third place. The trainee Follows a 70 -year -old widower, Ben Whittaker (from Niro) who becomes an intern on a fashion website, where he formed a link with the company’s work CEO, Jules Ostin (Hathaway).

The successful comedy came from Nancy Meyers, the legendary filmmaker behind many romantic comedies and comedies acclaimed by critics, including the 1980s Benjamin soldier1987 Baby boom1998 The parents’ trap2000 What women want2003 Something must giveand 2006 Holidays. The cast also included René Russo, Anders Holm, Adam Devine and Zack Pearlman.

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The trainee was a massive commercial success

Comedy does not have the best criticism, despite its global success. On rotten tomatoes, The trainee To a passable score of 60% of criticism, which is fairly enough to grant a “fresh” score but nothing more, and 73% of the public. However, it was a huge success in theaters.

Comedy had a budget of $ 40 million and ended up winning $ 197.1 million worldwide (via The numbers), almost five times its budget. This resulted in great success for Warner Bros., who distributed the film. The trainee Addition of $ 14.3 million from DVD and Blu-ray salesAnd his new success on streaming continues just an exciting trend for 10 -year comedy.

Although criticisms were not sold on comedy, The trainee received praise from someone in the industry: Quentin Tarantino. The duo worked together on the 1997 Jackie BrownAnd the filmmaker has always taken the time to rent De Niro’s action skills. He also called the trainee one of his favorite films in 2015. “One of my favorite movies [of 2015] Was Nancy Meyers’ The trainee“Tarantino said to Metro via Slashfilm. “They do not consider that for the Oscars even if I think Robert de Niro gave one of the best performances [of 2015] In this film. I thought the script was actually one of his best. Just up there with It’s complicated. They don’t ask him to be part of the discussion. “”

The trainee is streaming on Netflix.

Source: Tudum