Daringly contemporary and dryly amusing, this satiric take on post-Internet-bubble-busted high-tech corporations is bolstered by an engaging ensemble and a wry script co-written by Jon Favreau (Swingers), based on Po Bronson's prescient 1997 novel. It doesn't hurt that it was executive produced by he-should-know-comedy Harold Ramis and directed by Mick Jackson, who seems more comfortable on this human scale rather than with disaster epics like Volcano. Production values are good, if modest -- the hologram effects are fairly impressive -- but the bulk of the appeal is derived from the lovable cast, the roller-coaster story, and the up-to-the-minute pop-cultural references. Audiences turned off by gross-out comedies will appreciate the intelligence behind this geek fantasy.