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Synopsis

Work hard. Fail hard.

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

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jeffborislow

My mom said this was the saddest movie she has ever seen because she had a BlackBerry that she liked in 2006. I know for a fact she has seen Schindler’s List

BrandonLikes

BEGONE, VILE EXECUTIVE! BEGONE FROM ME! A STARTER PHONE? THIS PHONE IS A FINISHER PHONE! A TRANSPORTER OF EMAILS! THE ENCRYPTED EMAILS! MY PHONE IS UNTETHERED, AND MY INTERNET USAGE KNOWS NO BOUNDS!

ProZD

that guy who played ritchie is truly phenomenal, they should cast him in one billion more movies

Jay

D - Demonstrate value
E - Engage financially
N - Nurturing dependence
N - Neglect emotionally
I - Ice hockey team acquisition 
S - Separate entirely

laurenandrews

I’m from Waterloooooo 
Where the vampires hang out 💅🏻

Patrick Willems

Felt a little bit guilty sometimes sitting there watching this with an iPhone in my pocket. Like, sorry, guys

David Chen

The most Shakespearean depiction I’ve seen about the rise and fall of a tech company since The Social Network. Beautifully captures the joy of innovation and the corruption and compromises that often come with it.

Only gets a half a star off because at no point during this movie did I believe any main character’s hair was real.

James (Schaffrillas)

They should've hired someone who graduated from one of Canada's top business schools with really good grades

Cinematic Underdogs

It all went downhill once they got rid of movie night…

just saying

demi adejuyigbe

absolutely fucking stellar. was enjoying it but the scene of mike joining jim late in the pitch had me leaning forward with a giant grin and then it caps with a perfect Strokes needle drop and i was all in. jay baruchel is really good but glenn howerton is unbelievable. the four year time jump to baruchel's new hair had me screaming. really love the way this movie is shot too– i guess it's time to get into all of matt johnson's stuff!

betsy / lis

i wanna slap glenn howerton’s bald ass head so bad

David Sims

I am just such a sucker for this kind of movie

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