The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest (2002)
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11% of critics liked it
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48% of users liked it
(1,850 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 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 computer. The company wants them to fail, but they succeed against all odds and come up with a PC that doesn't use a monitor or keyboard (it's holographic, and all of the memory is stored on an Internet server). A greedy competitor, Francis (Enrico Colantoni), sabotages their project and steals their idea as his own. Meanwhile, Andy's relationship with lovely neighbor Alisa (Rosario Dawson) hits the skids. Can Andy get the PC -- and the girl -- back? ~ Buzz McClain, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mick Jackson
- Written By
- Jon Favreau, Gary Tieche
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
PG-13,
- In Theaters
- Jun 28, 2002 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
It appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up.
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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.
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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.
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Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
No way I can believe this load of junk.
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Cast
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Adam Garcia
as Andy Caspar
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Rosario Dawson
as Alisa
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Jake Busey
as Darrell
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Enrico Colantoni
as Francis Benoit
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Ethan Suplee
as Tiny
- Anjul Nigam
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Gregory Jbara
as Hank
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Dan Butler
as Lloyd
- Linda Hart
- Chandra West
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Robert Patrick Benedict
as Willy
