‘BlackBerry’ Berlin Film Festival Review: A Biopic Of A Smartphone Turns Out To Be As Triumphant And Tragic As ‘Elvis’
deadline.comWho knew a Canadian biopic of an infamous smartphone could be this entertaining, even poignant and moving? I am here to tell you today’s World Premiere Berlin Film Festival competition entry, BlackBerry is all that and more.
In the hands of co-writer (with Matthew Miller), director, and co-star Matt Johnson (The Dirties), this long and winding tale of the rise and fall of the BlackBerry, the revolutionary device that first combined a computer with a phone all in one, is at once wonderfully funny, suspenseful, and ultimately tragic.
Here is a business story that has it all, and has much in common with other movies that focus on iconic tales of new age business like The Social Network, Moneyball, and The Big Short.
Those movies had the likes of Aaron Sorkin and Adam McKay behind them, and this one ought to really put its chief architect Johnson on the cinematic map.
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