For sheer dramatic wallop outpowers virtually every fiction feature I've seen this year.
90
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
Wall Street JournalJoe Morgenstern
A thrillingly, thoroughly wonderful film.
88
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
Charlotte ObserverLawrence Toppman
The coolest film in town offers industrial espionage, power struggles, thwarted romance, betrayal and suspense - and best of all, it's true.
80
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
Has all the hallmarks of a Pennebaker production. The editing is seamless, the drama builds throughout, and the arc of the central character is as shapely as in a Hollywood fiction.
80
Film.comSean Means
Film.comSean Means
The result is a movie that turns the financial phenomenon of Web startups -- the crazy kids with ideas, and the crazier bankers with more money than sense -- into a moving human drama.
80
TimeRichard Schickel
TimeRichard Schickel
This gripping documentary doesn't exactly say what went wrong, but the pain and puzzlement of its principals as things inexorably fall apart is palpable and saddening.
80
Variety
Variety
Topical film, which goes beyond its potentially dry diet of facts to incorporate the juicy human drama of Machiavellian manipulations, ambition, torn loyalties and crushing betrayal.
A story about risk, about hubris, about youth, about the old way and the new way, and about what happens when you trade everything for something that really isn't there.
75
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
If nothing else, Startup.com is a pointed reminder that mixing business and friendship never, ever works.
75
New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
An unforgettable portrait of a testosterone-driven era.