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I am a huge documentary fan, and I don't know how I missed this before. Well, I am glad I found it now. The story of Mr. Bricklin is a fascinating and inspirational tale of success, loss, failure, and ultimately regaining that success and never ever giving up. Anybody aspiring to start their own business, or in fact anybody who enjoys entertaining, as well as educational and informative documentaries should check this out. A very well directed documentary, and I liked the fact that it was his son who made it. I think he portrayed his father fairly, without any sugarcoating. Nothing great is ever achieved without hardships, and this documentary reminds you of that. Fantastic!! Enough Said!!!

The Entrepreneur is a film about the director's father Malcolm Bricklin. Malcolm made and lost three fortunes in his lifetime - he brought Subaru and Yugo cars to North America, and created the Bricklin automobile (the 70s forerunner of the DeLorean), as well as invested in an electric bicycle before its time. Malcolm may have a good business sense, but his timing, single-mindedness, arrogance, and vulgarity gets in the way of his success.

Jonathan Bricklin seems to see this in his father and decided to make a film about him, although God knows why. There is nothing redeeming in Malcolm's nature and the film leaves an acrid distaste in the mouth. You aren't sure whether you are watching a business man, or a swindler/thug in action.

To make things worse, Jonathan Bricklin is not an experienced film maker. The documentary is not well edited, there are too many characters, too many harsh cuts between dark and light scenes and grainy, shaky film - all typical of low, low, low budget film making. If you want to see a film about an unlikable ruthless business magnate see Citizen Kane, The Social Network or The Devil Wears Prada...