We watched this specifically because my wife just landed an internship at Google. I had heard some bad things about this, but it wasn't quite as bad as I expected. It was modestly entertaining. There were some good bits. There were plenty of predictable bits. But the only element that actually fell flat was one of the central premise elements. The internship structure seemed needlessly mean and competitive.
Intern groups do not compete with each other. There's no prize of winning a job either. Having the story reflect these ideas actually makes Google look like a pretty terrible place to intern.
This flaw is a problem, but it's easier if you distance this version of Google from the actual place.
The one other thing that didn't work for me is seeing Owen Wilson as a romantic character.
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