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  • 2019
  • TV-PG
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • TV-PG
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up called ‘General Magic’, which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the “next big thing”. General Magic shipped the first handheld personal communicator (or “smartphone”) in 1994. Featuring legendary members of the original M...

Directed By: Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude

Written By: Jonathan Key, Michael Stern, Ceri Tallett, Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude

  • 2019
  • TV-PG
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2019
  • TV-PG
  • Showtime Networks
  • 1 h 33 m

General Magic

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary The ideas that dominate the tech industry and our day to day lives were born at a secretive Silicon Valley start-up called ‘General Magic’, which spun out of Apple in 1990 to create the “next big thing”. General Magic shipped the first handheld personal communicator (or “smartphone”) in 1994. Featuring legendary members of the original M...

Directed By: Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude

Written By: Jonathan Key, Michael Stern, Ceri Tallett, Sarah Kerruish, Matt Maude

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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80
May 9, 2019
As a literal origin story about how we live today, it’s a captivating history lesson with global appeal.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
80
May 9, 2019
The step-by-step examination of how so many smart people with such a good idea failed so badly results in a film which offers up not only a crackling story but also enough lessons that it could be a Harvard Business School case study all by itself.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
80
May 6, 2019
Provides a compelling history of a company that created a groundbreaking product that was unfortunately ahead of its time.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 11, 2019
General Magic is engaging, but there’s a tougher, tighter film in here struggling to get out.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
50
May 6, 2019
If one is not already paranoid about the relationship of politics, money, and the tech sector or about the industry’s general lack of perspective on itself, then this sort of uncritical puff piece should do the trick.
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Spellbound Productions
Release Date May 10, 2019
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating TV-PG
Genres
Tagline Inside every pocket there's a little piece of Magic
Website http://generalmagicthemovie.com/
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Awards

Williamsburg Independent Film Festival, US
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Napa Valley Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Philadelphia Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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