Antitrust (2001)
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24% of critics liked it
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48% of users liked it
(45,942 ratings)
Just how far should one man go to stay ahead of his competition? Milo Hoffmann (Ryan Phillippe) is a young and gifted computer software designer who with his close friend Teddy is about to launch a high-tech start-up firm based on Milo's inventive ideas in convergence, in which he's helping… More Just how far should one man go to stay ahead of his competition? Milo Hoffmann (Ryan Phillippe) is a young and gifted computer software designer who with his close friend Teddy is about to launch a high-tech start-up firm based on Milo's inventive ideas in convergence, in which he's helping to create new ways for different forms of digital technology to work in harmony. However, before Milo and Teddy can get their company off the ground, Milo receives a very tempting offer from Gary Winston (Tim Robbins), a trailblazing genius in the digital world who has turned his company N.U.R.V. (which stands for "Never Underestimate Radical Vision") into one of the richest and most powerful computer firms on Earth. While Milo is sympathetic to Teddy's beliefs that computer technology should belong to the people and that open source software is the most promising future lies, Winston has long been Milo's role model in design and research, and Milo feels Winston's offer is too good to pass up. Milo and his girlfriend Alice Poulson (Claire Forlani) move out to Silicon Valley, and at first Milo thrives on the challenges of his new position, and develops a close working relationship with fellow designer Lisa Calighan (Rachael Leigh Cook). But Milo underestimates the ruthlessness of the leading-edge software industry, and he soon learns there's a sinister undercurrent to Winston's drive to stay on top. Antitrust earned rising star Ryan Phillippe his first million-dollar paycheck after well-regarded roles in 54 and Cruel Intentions. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Howitt
- Written By
- Howard Franklin
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
- In Theaters
- Jan 12, 2001 Wide
- Studio
- MGM/UA
Critic Reviews
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Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Got a by-the-numbers plot? A premise that's intriguing but also has holes in it? Dialogue that needs punching up? Hire Tim Robbins. He can save just about anything.
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Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
My, my, such a high-tech setting -- too bad it's marred by such a low-tech plot.
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Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
There's not an original note in Howard Franklin's screenplay or Peter Howitt's direction.
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Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee
A witty but repetitious and predictable paranoid thriller.
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Dennis Lim, Village Voice
The flashy topicality amounts to little, and Peter Howitt's slavishly generic direction doesn't help.
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Cast
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Ryan Phillippe
as Milo
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Rachael Leigh Cook
as Lisa
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Claire Forlani
as Alice
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Tim Robbins
as Gary Winston
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Douglas McFerran
as Bob Shrot
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Richard Roundtree
as Lyle Barton
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Tygh Runyan
as Larry Banks
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Yee Jee Tso
as Teddy Chin
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Nate Dushku
as Brian Bissel
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Ned Bellamy
as Phil Grimes
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Tyler Labine
as Redmond
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Scott Bellis
as Randy
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David Lovgren
as Danny

