“Revenge of the Nerds,” but make it a product biopic.
Like Romeo and Juliet, the BlackBerry is doomed to die from the very start.
Their genius was two-fold: They figured out not only how to build the mobile device, but also the method to enable thousands of them to co-exist without crashing existing cellular networks. Loud-and-proud Jim Balsillie shakes up the company Research in Motion, co-founded by Mike Lazaridis Jim Balsillie, CEO of Research in Motion, creators of the BlackBerry, showing off an early model of the then-revolutionary tool.The company’s rise and relatively rapid downfall begin with the entrance of Jim Balsillie , a product executive and hockey buff who joins Research in Motion to market their killer idea and get their finances in shape.
But as the company balloons — they partner with Cingular, their phone is named one of Oprah’s Favorite Things and Palm Pilot attempts a hostile takeover — the group’s founding joy and much of the creativity go out the window in favor of desperate grabs at profit. When they watch Steve Jobs give his Apple keynote speech announcing the iPhone — with its touchscreen, music and full internet browser — the look on their faces in Johnson’s muted-palate movie says it all: We’re screwed.
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