BlackBerry

critic Reviews

, 98% Certified Fresh Tomatometer Score
  • With intelligence as sharp as its humor, BlackBerry takes a terrifically entertaining look at the rise and fall of a generation-defining gadget.
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    Philip De SemlyenTime Out
    Even more than The Social Network, where Aaron Sorkin’s script treats Mark Zuckerberg and co like flawed deities, this blackly comic corporate drama finds something intrinsically ridiculous about these egotistical men.
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    James BerardinelliReelViews
    Blackberry is a classic rags-to-riches-to-rags story; a feel-good tale that transforms into a meditation on arrogance and neglect.
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    Sandra HallSydney Morning Herald
    All the pressures and compromises of corporate life are on show, magnified by the speed at which the tech industry moves.
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    Alexandra Heller-NicholasAWFJ.org
    A bleakly comic requiem for an almost forgotten one-time technological breakthrough, BlackBerry is heck of a ride.
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    Adam NaymanThe Ringer
    The MVP: Glenn Howerton as BlackBerry’s unscrupulous co-CEO, Jim Balsillie, who never met an underling he didn’t want to snap in half.
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    Adam KempenaarFilmspotting
    Howerton plays Balsillie like an actual shark – perpetually on the hunt, dead-eyed and dispassionate.
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    Shahbaz SiddiquiThe Movie Podcast
    BlackBerry is one of the BEST films of the year and a fully realized Canadian heritage moment.
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    John McDonaldAustralian Financial Review
    After the product romance comes the product tragedy. While Barbie is boosting Mattel’s sales figures, and Air made everybody feel warm and fuzzy about Nike’s best-selling sports shoe, for the BlackBerry it’s all too late
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    Nuha HassanNuha Hassan
    Even when Blackberry centres on the cautionary tale of the company’s demise, it also tells a refreshing and entertaining part of geek and tech history.
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    Caffeinated ClintMoviehole
    BlackBerry is a timely and excellent reminder that, that as far as that piece of technology you’re reading this review on, there’s always something better just around the corner.
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