Though Vaughn and Wilson do maintain much of the chemistry they showed us in Wedding Crashers, the movie itself doesn't really earn the friendship it's trying to present — the emotional stakes never really rise to the point where you feel engaged. I lost track of the number of motivational pep talk speeches in the film while simultaneously knowing exactly when it was trying to wow me with ad-libbed banter. For every great moment, like Vaughn unwittingly pitching an app that’s exactly like Instagram, there are several more that fall flat — the worst of which was Wilson's wildly inappropriate use of a line or two from Langston Hughes' "A Dream Deferred."

To the movie's credit, it does a passably good job of depicting a realistic breadth of geek archetypes in 2013: your overachieving homeschooler, your cosplayer, your Ivy-league British asshole, and (refreshingly) a female engineer who isn't overwhelmed by a stereotypical work / life conflict. Those who were unfortunate enough to see Josh Gad's Steve Wozniak in Jobs will be pleased to know he makes a nice turn in The Internship as a nerd savant.

The Internship's most affecting moment is a surprising one: the kids become humanized and relatable when they reveal that they, like Nick and Billy, are worried they won’t have jobs either. The old guys might be adrift, but even the most elite of college students don't have a guaranteed spot in the new economy: "The whole American Dream thing that you guys grew on up, that's all it is nowadays: a dream."

But while The Internship plays around the edges of these thorny economic issues, at its heart it's aiming to be a feel-good comedy, not social commentary. That tension leads to a surreal climax — with one character exclaiming "I have a job! I. Have. A. Job!" amidst the cheers of the jobless interns he just defeated. The greatest triumph in the world of The Internship is simply being employed — by Google.