The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)

  • 11% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 48% of users liked it
    (1,819 ratings)

Hotshot marketing executive Andy Caspar (Adam Garcia) gives up his steady job to join a high-tech research and development center where he's teamed with three misfits, including socially-unacceptable Darrell (Jake Busey), to create a far-fetched and highly unlikely product -- a 99-dollar desktop… More

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PG-13, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Mick Jackson
Written By
Jon Favreau, Gary Tieche
Genres
Drama, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 28, 2002 Wide
On DVD
Dec 24, 2002
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly

    It appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up.

  • V.A. Musetto, New York Post

    The movie, directed by Mick Jackson, leaves no cliche unturned, from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting.

  • Michael Dequina, TheMovieReport.com

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  • Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central

    It's also curious to note that this film, like the similarly ill-timed Antitrust, is easily as bad at a fraction the budget.

  • Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

    No way I can believe this load of junk.

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