An earnest, intimate drama unfolds as a visionary trio takes gritty risks during the nostalgic rise of the PC era.
A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on AMC+ and The Roku Channel (free).
For a TV-14, this one goes further: moderate sex and nudity. Beyond that, some strong language and some violence.
Our estimate: fine from about 16, higher than the TV-14 suggests, because of the sex and nudity.
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During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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