Perhaps what's resonated most with audiences isn't the laughs but the film's examination of the pursuit of the American Dream in the midst of a fraught, unfriendly economy.
"The movie is really about what's going on now," Vaughn continued. "A lot of young people who are entering the workforce — there's a lot of fear about what kind of jobs are out there, and people who are older are losing jobs. So I think the movie really takes people who are put in a position that feels fearful or things have gone against them, that they're willing to kind of humble themselves and not give up on a dream and try to believe in themselves even when things present themselves not to be so easy. And I think that's something that all of us can really relate to."
Enter industry giant Google — where Vince and Owen's characters hope to realize their dreams by entering a highly competitive internship program. Though the film could ostensibly have been set at any company, Wilson said Google typifies the sort of tech-savvy environments today's jobseekers gravitate towards.
"I think that it does sort of seem like if you're going to give people a chance to sort of restart and have a new opportunity for a new beginning, that right now, the place that you'd want to get a new chance at is out here in California at one of these tech companies," he said. "I think that there is a reason there is this fascination with Google, and that's because the company has done so well but also has a new approach of what the work environment can be."
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