BlackBerry

Movie

2023

2h 0m

English

Comedy, Drama, History

User Score:

7.5

Critic Score:

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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...

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BlackBerry

Movie

2023

2h 0m

English

Comedy, Drama, History

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7.5

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Cast

Mike Lazaridis

Jim Balsillie

Doug Fregin

Paul Stanos

Charles Purdy

Carl Yankowski

Rick Brock

Dara Frankel

John Woodman

Ritchie Cheung

Gary Bettman

Jasmine

Gregory Ambrose Calderone

Young Businessman #1

Shelly

Derek

Ethan

Michael

Pranay

Allan

Bell Assistant

Peggy

RIM 2 Engineer

Justin Fabian

Don McMurtry

Mark Guibert

Directed By: Matt Johnson

Written By: Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller

Featured Comments/Tips

Codex13 says...

2 years ago

I never had a Blackberry, but I vividly remember playing with my sister's Blackberry Storm and Curve, and that WAS a satisfying click! This was a very good movie with really great performances from Howerton and Baruchel.

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AdamMorgan says...

2 years ago

The movie is as advertised - it is surprisingly entertaining and informative. While I found it particularly interesting because I lived through that time and adored that phone, I think the story is good enough for a non-geek to appreciate. The two leads are perfectly cast and form an excellent center to the movie. I would have actually liked it more if it had spent more time showing us the evolution of the phone. In that sense it may have worked better as a limited-series show. follow me at https://IHATEBadMovies.com or facebook IHATEBadMovies

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Patuleia says...

2 years ago

A lame attempt at comedy and drama that fails on both fronts. The worst part is the fake bald head of Glenn Howerton, it looks like a cheap wig.

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madstvwriter says...

2 years ago

the social network but everyone wears a bad wig or hair piece

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Featured User Reviews

SkinnyFilmBuff

7/10 2 years ago

I've quickly become a fan of the burgeoning "True Corporate" genre (as opposed to True Crime). Between this film, Tetris, and Air, I consider the genre three for three this year. I'm sure the films aren't for everyone, but having worked most of my career at the intersection of legal and finance/ac More

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Jordyep

7/10 one year ago

Hollywood seems to have recently found a new niche of serving up corporate propaganda in the form of biopics, and for the most part the results have been predictably bland and uninteresting. However, by tackling the genre through the lens of a _The Office_ style workplace comedy, _Blackberry_ immedi More

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CinemaSerf

a month ago

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 t More

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Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

a month ago

“Blackberry” is a film about the failure and spectacular collapse of the world’s first smart phone. Adapting Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s book “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” for the screen, director Matt Johnson More

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