And the difficulty in pulling off a biopic of this celebrated man is that it should be visionary and simple at the same time. Because these were the mere principles Steve Jobs went by. But director Joshua Michael Stern completely misses this precise point in Jobs. What he gives us is a lifetime of a person based on trivias and did-you-know facts instead of a solid, evolving journey of a difficult but inspirational figure.
The story is about a college dropout and directionless kid who works up from a garage and establishes an enterprise that we today obsessively call the Apple Computers. He goes through everything in between – ego problems, fallouts, backstabbing and setbacks. Thus instead of settling to one major impression, the story we’re offered aims to stuff the entire lifetime of the man and that too in a very laid-back and unsteady way. There’s no real depth in the way the character of Jobs conducts his work, everything is so oversimplified in the world of the movie that there’s no real place for emotive arrest or admiration. The movie jumps from one key moment of Steve Jobs’ life to the other but fails to identify with the significance of any one of them.
Jobs features Ashton Kutcher in the title role of Steve Jobs. There’s no doubt that look wise, it was correct to cast him, however, it’s just embarrassing to see him trying so hard to imitate. He’s all over the place, he’s stiff here, and overly conscious there, spurs in some scenes while stands awkwardly in others. But he’s bearable, and so is Josh Gad who plays co-founder Steve Wozniak. The story though, which is so lazy and uninspiring, couldn’t have been saved by anything.
Jobs is full of bugs and attempts to pass a shallow outlook on the intricate life of a person so mysterious and reserved.
Screening at QFX Cinemas
Related story
Leonardo DiCaprio, Laurene Powell Jobs team up for new Earth Al...
