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13/02/2023 Comedy, Drama, History 2h 0m
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Work hard. Fail hard.

Overview

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.

  1. Matt Johnson

    Director, Writer

  2. Matthew Miller

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jay Baruchel

    Mike

  2. Glenn Howerton

    Jim

  3. Matt Johnson

    Doug

  4. Saul Rubinek

    John Woodman

  5. Cary Elwes

    Carl Yankowski

  6. Rich Sommer

    Paul Stanos

  7. Michael Ironside

    Charles Purdy

  8. Martin Donovan

    Rick Brock

  9. Michelle Giroux

    Dara Frankel

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-10-19
Matt Johnson's rather John McEnroe-esque "Doug" rather stole this tale of what was literally a tech-tonic shift in how we used our mobile phones. He, together with his boss Mike (Jay Baruchel), has been working with a small team of geeks to develop a mobile word processor that can send messages by text and email. It's funding they lack and it's during a fairly flawed presentation that they encounter "Jim" (Glenn Howerton), a savvy operator who knows just enough about the business to get them that elusive big deal. Thing is, they don't think they have the processing capacity to service this eve...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$2,600,000.00

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