The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest

Directed by Mick Jackson

2002105 min5.9 / 10

A lighthearted tech-comedy about an underdog team building an impossible product while navigating workplace rivalries and venture capital schemes.

Andy, a successful marketing guy quits his job, gets a new job at a research facility, makes a powerful enemy who makes him volunteer for a nearly impossible project: The $99 PC. The only available guys at the lab, three sociopaths, together they compile a revolutionary PC for $99, then they become the victims of a venture capitalist and Andy's old foe, can he find a way to overcome the problems?

Questions people ask

  • Is The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Is The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity20

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise30

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love20

How much audiences actually like it

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