Matt Johnson directs Jay Baruchel, Glen Howerton and Cary Elwes in this big business drama based on the true story of the Canadian tech firm who produced the first popular smartphone.

Modern nostalgia. Kind of like The Social Network’s dishevelled, desperate, middle aged cousin. A pitch perfect villain in Howerton. The movie takes witty pleasure in bullet pointing his inevitable self destruction. The comedy actor does ego driven megalomaniacal shits like no else. All the corporate downfall and comeuppance seems justified as presented here but there’s a continual tinge of sadness. They did have the better product but fashion trumped quality.

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