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Movie Overview
Director
• Chris Hegedus
• D.A. Pennebaker
MPAA Rating
R - for language
Startup.com (2001)

REVIEWS
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OFCS Rating: 94% Fresh
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4/5
"This is a very well crafted fly-on-the-wall style documentary."  Eye for Film  Amber Wilkinson

3.5/5
"Part Hoop Dreams, part Nike commercial"  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

B+
"...an impromptu lesson in power, duty, and betrayal that goes well beyond traditional limitations of celluloid documentaries."  Daily Radar  Cole Smithey

"You might be pleasantly surprised."  PopMatters  Cynthia Fuchs

B
"Honest, suspenseful and educational."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

B
"Delivers more drama than most fiction flicks being released by Hollywood nowadays."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

"The snappiest, most inventive, and relevant documentary of the year so far."  Spirituality and Practice  Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat

8/10
"The film managed to tell a good story, present some real people in real situations and give you a little bit of insight into the crazy world that was the 'Internet boom.'"  JoBlo's Movie Emporium  JoBlo

4/5
"Startup.com puts a definitive face on this brief blip in business history, and does so with amazing intimacy."  ToxicUniverse.com  John A. Nesbit

5
"The foresight to even make this film is precisely what has been lacking in the "ooh free money for the taking" attitude of the dot com craziness."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

B
""Startup.com" packs more drama than most fictional films"  Reeling Reviews  Laura Clifford

3/5
"The story of a friendship tested to the breaking point is timeless."  TV Guide's Movie Guide  Maitland McDonagh

3.5/4
"Full of dramatic irony, backstabbing, and a seemingly destined fall from grace, it has the trappings of a Shakespearean court tragedy."  Mark Reviews Movies  Mark Dujsik

4/4
"There is an old adage that business and friendship don't mix. That's not entirely true. Business and friendship and money don't mix."  Aisle Seat  Mike McGranaghan

4/5
"One of the great strengths of the story is the way in which a group of people from very diverse backgrounds and cultures works together with great loyalty and commitment."  Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies  Nell Minow

3/4
"A fascinating story of a friendship and a company under enormous pressure"  Laramie Movie Scope  Robert Roten

C
"...the individuals...with their arrogance, bickering and techno-automaton behavior, create no empathy from the viewer."  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford

B+
Read review  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

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OFCS Rating: 94% Fresh
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