Product: Startup.Com (2001)
Rating: 4.0
A timely film
You already know the ending, or should, since we're just now emerging from a "dot bomb" economy. Nonetheless, the film is engaging as it tells the story of two entrepreneurs and their quest to start an on-line business, 'Govworks.com'.The story plays out through scenes shot on handheld video, which lend both intimacy and immediacy to the film. We follow the protagonists from the very start as they are deciding on a company name, through funding and the company's growth and ultimate decline.Interestingly, while one would assume this is a movie purely about the life of a start-up, Web-based business, it is in actuality a story of friendship. Through the trials and tribulations of the business, we watch the impact on the relationship of these childhood friends.An interesting film for our times.