Directors: Chris Hegedus, Jehane Noujaim
Documentary, Starring: Tom Herman, Kaleil Isaza Tuzman

- Reviewed by Linda

Startup.com is one of the more timely documentaries to come along in awhile, capturing within months the all-too-real phenomenon of the collapse of the dot.com internet boom. Probably because of this, critics have been falling all over each other to out-praise the other in regards to this film. The truth is, if you are enthralled by all-things business, you'll probably be enthralled by the rags-to-riches-to-rags story of the rise and fall of govWorks.com, a startup begun by two late-20-something men who have been best friends since high school. But for the rest of us, after awhile Startup.com starts to feel like we've been forced to go to work on a Saturday. The story IS interesting, but a bit overly long and excessively detailed about the whole financing process of starting a business. I found myself more captivated by the collapse of the friendship of these two visionary men, which added a more interesting (I think) and human side to this story. I can get techno jargon any day, but it takes a bit more to make me care about the computer nerd who's doing the talking.

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