BlackBerry poster

BlackBerry

Work hard. Fail hard.

7.2(1,021)20231h 59m6

Two mismatched entrepreneurs – egghead innovator Mike Lazaridis and cut-throat businessman Jim Balsillie – joined forces in an endeavour that was to become a worldwide hit in little more than a decade. The story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone.

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Status
Released
Budget
$5M
Box office
$2.6M
Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • technology
  • it-expert
  • silicon valley
  • satire
  • biography
  • based on true story
  • workplace
  • rise and fall
  • cell phone
  • phone
  • nostalgic

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Matt Johnson

Produced in

Canada, United States of America, Finland

Where to watch

Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSouth by Southwest Film & TV Festival13 Mar 2023
    • PremiereMinneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival14 Apr 2023
    • PremierePFF SpringFest15 Apr 2023
    • PremiereRiverRun International Film Festival16 Apr 2023
    • PremiereSan Francisco International Film Festival17 Apr 2023
    • PremiereFlorida Film Festival21 Apr 2023
    • PremiereSeattle International Film Festival24 Apr 2023
    • PremiereSan Luis Obispo Film Festival27 Apr 2023
    • TheatricalR12 May 2023
    • Digital / OTTR2 Jun 2023
  • United KingdomGB

    • PremiereGlasgow Film Festival3 Mar 2023
    • Theatrical156 Oct 2023
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • Theatrical11 May 2023
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival3 Aug 2023
    • TheatricalM17 Aug 2023
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical12 May 2023
    • Physical8 Aug 2023
  • BrazilBR

    • PremiereRio de Janeiro International Film Festival6 Oct 2023
    • Theatrical12 Oct 2023
  • EstoniaEE

    • Theatrical26 May 2023
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-121 Dec 2023
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical1213 Feb 2023
    • TVARTE11 Jun 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival13 Feb 2023
    • Theatrical127 Dec 2023
    • TVSky CInema Premiere8 Jun 2024
    • TVARTE10 Jun 2026
  • IrelandIE

    • PremiereDublin International Film Festival1 Mar 2023
    • Theatrical15A6 Oct 2023
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical6+16 Nov 2023

Frequently asked questions

BlackBerry was released on 13 February 2023.

Audience reviews

8
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/19/2023

    7/10

    Matt Johnson's rather John McEnroe-esque "Doug" rather stole this tale of what was literally a tech-tonic shift in how we used our mobile phones. He, together with his boss Mike (Jay Baruchel), has been working with a small team of geeks to develop a mobile word processor that can send messages by text and email. It's funding they lack and it's during a fairly flawed presentation that they encounter "Jim" (Glenn Howe…

  • L

    Louisa Moore - Screen Zealots

    11/3/2023

    “Blackberry” is a film about the failure and spectacular collapse of the world’s first smart phone. Adapting Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff’s book “Losing the Signal: The Untold Story Behind the Extraordinary Rise and Spectacular Fall of BlackBerry” for the screen, director Matt Johnson creates an entertaining look at contemporary history with his tale of the rise and fall of a revolutionary gadget that changed the …

  • K

    kisaligol

    1/1/2024

    4/10

    The script seems to be written mostly from the perspective of Jim Balsillie, a businessman that was co-CEO of Blackberry, while engineers take a backseat. This follows the general tendency in film to glorify businessmen, treating the people who actually conceptualize, design and implement the products (i.e., do the core work that is societally useful) as mere sidekicks. The general timeline is right and many of th…

  • M

    MarciaClarke

    1/5/2024

    6/10

    I kept hearing people say this movie was actually not bad for a movie about BalckBerry, and you know what, they were right! Glenn Howerton plays an incredibly entertaining psycho as always. Jay Baruchel does the befuddled muppet thing with aplomb. And then the doofus sidekick guy who's actually more insightful than others give him credit for also does a good job. It's an easy mindless entertainment watch. Spoiler ale…

  • B

    badelf

    2/18/2024

    9/10

    In one sense, this is a comedic action film. In another sense, it's a biopic of a lying, cheating, ruthless, tech businessman of a slightly less rank than Bezos, Zuckerberg and the "Don't be Evil" Page/Brin team. Overall, it's brilliantly cast and paced. It moves along at the perfect clip for this kind of action film. I was interested in the technology, but that truly wasn't the story.

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