Adam Garcia, Rosario Dawson, Jake Busey

Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, because he feels disconnected with the values about work he learned from his father. He gets a new job at a top notch research facility, where he quickl...( read more  read more... )y makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 Personal Computer. He recruits the only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths. Together they really compile a revolutionary PC for $99, but then they become the victims of a venture capitalist and Andy's old foe from the research lab. Can he and his new friends find a way to overcome the problems?

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PG-13, 105 min.

Directed by: Mick Jackson

Release Date: June 28, 2002

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DVD Release Date: December 24, 2002

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  • March 9, 2009
    Andy kaspar has it all, the high paying job, the Porsche, the hot girlfriend, but he's not happy. He wants to build something, to feel useful. So, he gives it all up. He takes a job with La Honda, the famous institute where dreams are invented one microchip at a time. There's onl...( read more)y one problem, Francis Benoit. Francis will stop at nothing to see Andy and his team fail.
    The First $20 Million Is Always The Hardest is a story about being the underdogs, following your dreams, and fighting for it. I loved this movie. It was smart and very funny.
    The cast of this movie was outstanding. I adore Ethan Suplee, so I was super excited to see him in this. He is a real comedian and fun to watch. Rosario Dawson is beautiful and a good actress, so she was an excellent choice to play Alisa in this. I have to say that I am a fan of Jake Busey. I think he is an underrated comic genius. He had me in stitches in this. There are a lot of familiar faces in this film.
    The story had one area where it seemed kind of on the slow side, but all in all, I'd have to say that The First $20 Million is definitely a good movie to watch. Where can I get one of those?
  • March 3, 2007
    This film is great. Ok so not necesarrily the best ever but it is very good. It has decent actors, a good story and was my first expieiance with Rosario Dawson.
  • October 23, 2009
    well umn just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch....its got a good cast of actors/actressess throguhout this movie....i think that adam garcia, rosario dawson, jake busey, enrico colantoni, ethan suplee, anjul nigam play good roles/parts thro...( read more)ughout this movie....i think that the director of this farcial comedy movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.....i think that this is a enjoyable movie 2 watch n its funny as well to watch as its enjoyable movie
  • September 25, 2009
    i didn't expected that it will be this good .it has a great story line with a good acting ,it was sort of funny but intresting too .it's a good one to watch
  • August 7, 2009
    found it was quite good
  • July 27, 2009
    Man that's cool, wish i could have one of those computers ;)
  • November 29, 2008
    Sladak film, malo neozbiljan al mi se svida ideja/poanta koju su nam htjeli ustvari porucit, a adam garcia je pravi komad <3
  • July 9, 2007
    If only the film's budget had approached that of its title, it may have been more watchable. Not that it's not without its indie charms, but it just feels a little sloppy and haphazardly edited.
  • May 13, 2007
    Recommended by Dave.
  • May 6, 2007
    I remembered that I really liked it! =)
    If you like the "dot.com" effect and movies like that you should see this one! =D

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January 13, 2003
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

No way I can believe this load of junk. full review

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