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BlackBerry then known as Research In Motion (RIM) was both a cultural force and money-printing machine.
Until, suddenly, it wasnt.
Jay Baruchel (left) and Glenn Howerton (right) in BlackBerry
For starters,BlackBerryfocuses almost exclusively on the before and after of BlackBerry, the company.
because, well, we know how.
We all had one.
Jay Baruchel (left) and Glenn Howerton (right) in BlackBerry
Lazaridis wears an oversized pair of brown Aviator glasses, Balsillie a crisp blue suit.
You get the idea; theyre Spock and Captain Kirk, but with much more swearing.
And then BlackBerry goes supersonic.
Jay Baruchel (left) and Matthew Johnson (right) in BlackBerry
The crucial and in some cases, fateful business decisions depicted inBlackBerryare far from revelatory.
What Johnsons movie does so well is to humanize the people behind those decisions.
BlackBerrys story is one of dreams dashed, fulfilled and dashed again.
Thats not to sayBlackBerryisnt an entertaining ride.
