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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002) 5.4
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Reviews: 29 user | 8 critic | 4 from Metacritic.com Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father. He gets a new job at a top notch research facility, ... See full summary » Director:Mick Jackson |
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Alisa
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Darrell Claxton
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Curtis 'Tiny' Reese
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Salman Fard
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Hank
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Lloyd Acheson
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Mrs. 'B'
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Robin
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Willy
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Claudia Goss
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Stoney Westmoreland | ... |
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Ben
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Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father. He gets a new job at a top notch research facility, where he quickly makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 Personal Computer. He recruits the only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths. Together they really compile a revolutionary PC for $99, but then they become the victims of a venture capitalist and Andy's old foe from the research lab. Can he and his new friends find a way to overcome the problems? Written by kaeng
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computer | hologram | friendship | money in title | dollar sign in title |Taglines:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
11 October 2002 (Russia) See more »Also Known As:
The First $20 Million See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$2,535 (USA) (28 June 2002)Gross:
$2,535 (USA) (28 June 2002)Company Credits
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Written and Performed by Chad Fischer
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The tentative title for this movie during test screenings was "The Big Idea". See more »Goofs
When Andy moves into Mrs. B house she puts him in room number 2. (You see the number on the door.) He then goes to the bathroom and meets Alisa and introduces himself and says he lives in number 3. Alisa says she lives in 2. After Alisa makes the prototype case she enters her room, but it's room 3. See more »Soundtracks
"See the Day"Written and Performed by Chad Fischer
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It starts out feeling a lot like Revenge of the Nerds. The stereotypical marketer type and a lot of stereotypical nerds.
It improved, I thought. It's actually a longer than expected movie for a light genre movie. That gives them time for more character development, and a slower plot progression, which I was OK with.
What's to like - Andy is very likable. Maybe too nice a guy in some ways, but I was OK with that too. Every now and again, the lead character does not have to have one of those seemingly obligatory moments where he acts like a total jerk.
The technology was not totally unbelievable. It was plausible enough that I was able to accept it, in any case. For $99, maybe not, but hey, it's a movie, you have to have some suspension of disbelief.
The "bad guy" was almost too much of a jerk. I would have preferred they dialed him back just a bit - he felt like one of the perennial bad guys you have in a cartoon.
A lot of the supporting cast was pretty decent and funny.
While the plot did not break new ground, there were enough unique elements to hold my interest.
Mainly, I think the character interaction was what made it entertaining. While the dialog was not amazing or anything, I felt the cast did a fine job of delivering the dialog, and imbued the movie with a sense of fun.
I gave it a 6 out of 10; it was cute, and entertaining, and not totally insulting to my intelligence.