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The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

2002 · 105 min

A breezy, good-natured underdog comedy about quirky misfits building something improbable, with mild satire and easy charm.

Directed by
Mick Jackson
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, gets a new job at a research facility, makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 PC. The only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths, together they compile a revolutionary PC for $99, then they become the victims of a venture capitalist and Andy's old foe, can he find a way to overcome the problems?

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Directed by
Mick Jackson
Genres
Comedy
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • friendship
  • technology
  • class
  • betrayal
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Mick Jackson
Written by
Gary Tieche, Jennifer Ventimilia, Jon Favreau, Joshua Sternin
Starring
Adam Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Jake Busey, Enrico Colantoni, Ethan Suplee, Anjul Nigam, Gregory Jbara, Dan Butler
Music
Marco Beltrami
Cinematography
Ronald Víctor García
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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