Audience-Alienating Premise: Some critics thought the film was ultimately distasteful for making light of the post-recession strife, particularly among younger people who'd be applying to the sort of internships the protagonists receive despite their utter lack of qualifications.
Esoteric Happy Ending: The above article also describes the ending as this, with the protagonists' efforts winning them nothing more than an entry level job in a large corporation.
Was a movie like this ever made during any previous bad economy? The Great Depression equivalent might be the story of a pair of unemployed guys competing against hundreds to go work on Henry Ford's assembly line. But no, such a movie was never made — and could not exist — because in no previous America would turning yourself into a cog in somebody else's machine be considered an achievement worthy of celebration.
And in no previous America would it be considered a victory if 95 percent of your fellows were still left on the street. Rather, the Great Depression cinema made heroes of gangsters, con men and fast talking individualists, guys who chose survival by not fitting in.
Trailer Joke Decay: The "fist me" bit and the Professor Xavier scene were in every trailer.
The comic
Strangled by the Red String: In the four years of the comic's existence Cooper and Andy's relationship remains thoroughly contrived despite all the toxic things they have done to one another and the countless alternatives that have been introduced to generate drama.
thought the film was ultimately distasteful for making light of the post-recession strife, particularly among younger people who'd be applying to the sort of internships the protagonists receive despite their utter lack of qualifications.