In 2001 my career moved from the corporate world to non-profits. Had I remained in corporate, I would have had a Blackberry--the smartphone with a keyboard that dominated the market from 2003 to the introduction of the iPhone in 2008.
Then it was gone.
"Blackberry" tells the story of the rise of a group of nerds in debt for a million dollars to dominance in the billion-dollar cell phone industry and then crashing back to earth.
The movie opens in 1996 with the two friends who lead Research in Motion, the company that made Blackberry devices, pitching their idea. They failed. Their nerdiness jumps from the screen.
The picture above is how they were dressed to pitch the guy who would become their CEO. He is every stereotype of corporate shark, and more.
The characters are so over the top they are fun to watch. The nerds behind the development of the Blackberry are the most fun to watch. It's a great movie.
