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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)

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Hotshot marketing executive Andy Caspar (Adam Garcia) gives up his steady job to join a high-tech research and development center where he's teamed with three misfits, including socially-unacceptable Darrell (Jake Busey), to create a far-fetched and highly unlikely product -- a 99-dollar desktop computer. The company wants them to fail, but they succeed against all odds and come up with a PC that doesn't use a monitor or keyboard (it's holographic, and all of the memory is stored on an Internet

PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Mick Jackson

Written By: Jon Favreau, Gary Tieche

In Theaters: Jun 28, 2002 Wide

On DVD: Dec 24, 2002

20th Century Fox

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It appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clich�s the filmmakers could dredge up.

July 11, 2002 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

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The movie, directed by Mick Jackson, leaves no cliche unturned, from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting.

July 10, 2002 Comment

V.A. Musetto

New York Post

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January 12, 2004 Full Review Source: TheMovieReport.com

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

It's also curious to note that this film, like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust, is easily as bad at a fraction the budget.

February 26, 2003 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

No way I can believe this load of junk.

January 13, 2003 Full Review Source: FilmJerk.com

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Edward Havens

FilmJerk.com

The movie's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing.

July 10, 2002 Comment

Gregory Weinkauf

New Times

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Andy kaspar has it all, the high paying job, the Porsche, the hot girlfriend, but he's not happy. He wants to build something, to feel useful. So, he gives it all up. He takes a job with La Honda, the famous institute where dreams are invented one microchip at a time. There's only one problem, Francis Benoit. Francis

March 9, 2009

Jami Lyn

If only the film's budget had approached that of its title, it may have been more watchable. Not that it's not without its indie charms, but it just feels a little sloppy and haphazardly edited.

July 9, 2007