Movie #905 "Jobs" tries to cover quite a bit ---- a little too much, in my opinion. You almost have two stories going on at once ---------the rise, fall and rise again of the apple corporation, and the uncovering of mystery man Steve Jobs and what makes him tick. The apple story is too much of a story to be stuck into another film about Steve Jobs, and as a result both stories just scratch the surface. I didn't feel like I knew Steve Jobs better after watching this, and I expected to do that. Now some critics blamed Ashton Kutcher's acting --- others, the script. I think it's a little of both --- because the script has quite a few holes in it, and a focus problem and it tries to cover too much, Kutcher has trouble filling in the gaps. He tries, but I think he's the type of actor who could use more answers to get across the character. As a result, Jobs' story seemed unclear and ambiguous in this biopic, so I wouldn't recommend it. I DID like Josh Gad's Steve Wozniak -- he stole most of the scenes he was in. Steve Jobs' character and the story of Apple are both complex stories that needed to have a better script that was written intertwining them or a separate script on both. This film made me look forward to the forthcoming Aaron Sorkin script on Steve Jobs.
Jobs2013PG-13122 minutes I give it 3 stars out of 5
Ashton Kutcher delivers a tour de force performance as Apple founder Steve Jobs in this biopic that spans three decades of the entrepreneur's life. The story follows Jobs from the obscurity of a Palo Alto garage to global fame as a technology icon.
- Cast:
- Ashton Kutcher, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas, J.K. Simmons, Lesley Ann Warren, Ron Eldard,Ahna O'Reilly, Victor Rasuk, John Getz, Kevin Dunn, James Woods, Matthew Modine
- Genre:
- Biographies, 20th Century Period Pieces, Dramas Based on Real Life, Drama
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