BlackBerry

BlackBerry tells the story of Research in Motion, the Canadian company behind the first widely adopted smartphone. Mike Lazaridis is a gifted engineer with little business experience, and his friend Doug Fregin shares his technical focus but not his sense for commerce. Their struggling firm gains a partner when Jim Balsillie, an aggressive and abrasive executive, brings the financing and dealmaking the pair lack. Together they turn their device into a product that reshapes how people work and communicate, and the company's value climbs accordingly. As rivals enter the market and internal disagreements mount, the same ambitions that built the business begin to work against it.

Matt Johnson directed and co-wrote the film with Matthew Miller, following his 2013 debut The Dirties. Jay Baruchel plays Mike, Glenn Howerton plays Jim, Johnson appears as Doug, and Saul Rubinek, Cary Elwes and Rich Sommer round out the cast. The production was made for about 5 million dollars and returned roughly 3 million worldwide.

On IMDb the film holds 7.3 out of 10 from around 68,000 votes, and on TMDB 7.2 out of 10 from close to a thousand votes. A critics' rating of 7.8 out of 10 from 212 reviews places it somewhat above those audience scores. The film runs 120 minutes and blends comedy and drama in recounting these events.