Startup.com (2001)
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Reviews Counted: 93
Fresh: 86 | Rotten: 7
Startup.com is more than just a look at the rise and fall of the new economy. At its center is a friendship being tested to the limit, and that's what makes it worth viewing.
Average Rating: 7.4/10
Critic Reviews: 30
Fresh: 27 | Rotten: 3
Startup.com is more than just a look at the rise and fall of the new economy. At its center is a friendship being tested to the limit, and that's what makes it worth viewing.
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Two men discover the perils of going into business with their friends as they observe the rise and fall of their Internet firm over the course of its first (and only) year in this documentary produced by D.A. Pennebaker. Tom Herman and Kaleil Isaza Tuzman first met while they were in high school; they studied business together in college, and they remained close friends after graduating, often bandying about the idea of working together. In May of 1999, they made their dream a reality and opened
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All Critics (110) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (86) | Rotten (8) | DVD (17)
Too short of detail to really serve as an object lesson to those who follow in their footsteps.
Top CriticThe pain and puzzlement of its principals as things inexorably fall apart is palpable and saddening.
This movie explains why friends should never go into business together. It's not exactly a new insight, but Tuzman and Herman are so vivid they make it seem revelatory.
Talk about your fabulous story arcs.
Astute and entertaining.
Startup.com humanizes the dot-com goldrush that in the last few years has left a handful of millionaires and hundreds of go-for-broke paupers in its wake.
puts a definitive face on this brief blip in business history
Documentary best for teens interested in business.
A compelling and important document of the 'Net's boom and (still-continuing) bust period.
...an impromptu lesson in power, duty, and betrayal that goes well beyond traditional limitations of celluloid documentaries.
This is a very well crafted fly-on-the-wall style documentary.
A fascinating, funny and cautionary look at how a world of group hugs and high fives transforms into night sweats and icy stares.
A gripping study of human nature and a prime example of why business and friendship don't mix
Let's take advantage of this chance to peer into these paper millionaires' lives and think about what kind of human beings they are and where they went wrong.
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