Jobs (2013)
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Critics Consensus: An ambitious but skin-deep portrait of an influential, complex figure, Jobs often has the feel of an over-sentimentalized made-for-TV biopic.
Critics Consensus: An ambitious but skin-deep portrait of an influential, complex figure, Jobs often has the feel of an over-sentimentalized made-for-TV biopic.
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It only takes one person to start a revolution. The extraordinary story of Steve Jobs, the original innovator and ground-breaking entrepreneur who let nothing stand in the way of greatness. The film tells the epic and turbulent story of Jobs as he blazed a trail that changed technology -- and the world - forever. (c) Official Site- Rating:
- PG-13 (for some drug content and brief strong language)
- Genre:
- Drama
- Directed By:
- Joshua Michael Stern
- Written By:
- Matt Whiteley
- In Theaters:
- Aug 16, 2013 Wide
- On DVD:
- Nov 26, 2013
- US Box Office:
- $16.1M
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Cast
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Ashton Kutcher
as Steve Jobs -
Dermot Mulroney
as Mike Markkula -
Josh Gad
as Steve Wozniak -
Matthew Modine
as John Sculley -
J.K. Simmons
as Arthur Rock -
Lesley Ann Warren
as Clara Jobs
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Critic Reviews for Jobs
All Critics (120) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (32) | Rotten (88) | DVD (1)
It's a film whose plea to the audience resembles Jobs' appeal to the crowd in that iPod-unveiling scene: "Believe this is important and exciting," it asks, "because I say so."
The irony is that a man who treasured innovation and sleek, stylish design should be the subject of a film that's so bland and bloated.
Other than people who are mildly curious about the guy who put the smartphone in their pocket and the tablet computer in their knapsack, I'm not sure who "Jobs" was made for.
Jobs is the equivalent of a feature-length slow clap.
A missed opportunity.
Like the man it's about, "Jobs" is thin and unassuming, but keeps surprising you with ideas and innovation.
The movie is littered with small details of lore that should make Apple fanatics happy.
A noble but unworthy effort that will likely disappoint viewers looking for a thoughtful look into the technological genius.
Matt Whiteley's clumsy script attempts to sync Jobs' personal story with the corporate history of his brand but as any affirmed Android/PC users will gladly tell you, syncing with Apple can be problematic at the best of times.
This movie would be exponentially better if it were called Twenty-Something Jobs or Jobs, Woz And The First 2 Apples.
Ashton Kutcher does a very fine job as Jobs, portraying him less as a technological wizard and more as a business visionary who realised his out-of-the-box ideas by surrounding himself with people who were admittedly more talented than he was.
Ashton Kutcher IS Steve Jobs. You have to give Kutcher credit: He studied his character. That he successfully completed his homework is evidenced in 'Jobs,' a biopic of Apple Inc.'s late genius.
While it may be of interest to some, it's not going to provide any new perspective for those already familiar with Jobs' life.
One can see Kutcher acting, valiantly trying oh-so-hard as his every answer to any requirement for emotional intensity unilaterally comes off as merely shrilly raising the volume of his voice.
It admittedly feels like something of a missed opportunity, with director, Joshua Michael Stern, often more concerned with checking off bullet points than digging into the complexities of its leading man.
It reminds me of a similar film, 'The Social Network,' which is the better movie, but these two films tell essentially the same story.
Kutcher bears a striking resemblance to Jobs and manages to embody him in full. It is an often emotional performance that could have very easily been turned into a characterization.
Never really digs deep enough into the brilliant and often enigmatic title character. Begs for a documentary treatment.
This is really a sort of 'Apple begins' movie, with Jobs framed as the unlikely founder of the world's richest company - eventually
Kutcher is surprisingly good - a little mannered at times - but delivers the essence of the man, or at least the extensively researched character that scriptwriter Matt Whiteley presents
You could call this a crowd-pleasing Hollywood ending. You could also call it genocide.
jOBS demonstrates the difference between a great impression and an inspired performance.
Many of the creative details are embellished or reduced to montages in favor of a series of inspirational speeches.
Forget by the numbers, this biopic is practically binary in its formulaic creation.
Jobs feels more like a movie about Apple than the man who founded it.
Good performance by Kutcher as Steve Jobs but the movie glosses over his life.
Audience Reviews for Jobs
Actually, kind of dull. I was interested to see this one, but I found it patchy and not detailed enough. Particularly in his personal life it jumps around an awful lot.
Ashton does an okay job. I'm not his biggest fan, but he pulls it off, particularly in his later years, would actually not have recognized him. He manages to tone the ham right down, thankfully.
It's an okay movie. One to watch once and forget about.
Super Reviewer
This is quite possibly the most pretentious, and yet most likely truthful, depiction of Steve Jobs. There's definitely a rushed quality to the entire production, since this film came out shortly after Jobs' death, but it still feels like a legitimate bio-pic. Still, its lack of vision shows in its lame performances. The beginning of the film shows a mellow, advantageous Jobs, who doesn't wear shoes and is offered rainbow colored tabs of acid in a country field where he watches the stars. He's a sullen genius who won't get a college degree and yet hangs around Reed College, learning calligraphy and philosophy, which of course makes him a hipster's dream date. As the story speeds along, this sweet faced portrayal morphs, and we meet the contentious Jobs: the obsessive man who used everyone who loved him in order to climb the ladder and become the huge prick he would eventually become. He doesn't give any respect to Apple's founding members, he doesn't acknowledge his daughter, and he acts like everyone around him are idiots. To the movie's credit, that is not the afterglow portrayal of the wunderkind Steve Jobs that everyone was expecting. Though there is that negative view, he is also shown as a genius, smarter than everyone around him, including his own staff. He is also shown to be smarter than his entire board, who only seem to want to make money rather than follow their delusional founder down the rabbit hole. The beginning, which should have been the end, is a flash forward to the Jobs we know now. In the end, we still haven't gotten to that point, and so we end with this ham-fisted version of Jobs, who only seems to care about himself even after a film that tries to show he changed. Though I give applause for the way things were handled, the film was still structured poorly, and everything about this production was pure ham.
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At some levels, it works and would have worked, but it fails in the certain cliches that befall too many contemporary, commercialized films. To read the book is better.
MoreSuper Reviewer
The Man. The Myth. The Polo Sweater. Cult-declared Apple founder Steve Jobs was barely laid to rest before Hollywood initiated the transfer of his life to the silver screen. Sacrilege or not, he won't be turning too askew in his grave. Half a rotation possibly, but it could have been far worse. The depiction of the digital pioneer is, for the most part, serviceable and interesting.
Jobs is played by Ashton "Dude, Where's My Car?" Kutcher, which beforehand felt like a somewhat laughable choice. Something has transpired since his stoner days though. He has grown, even inhabits the role quite well, despite a strange, remarkably forced adoption of Jobs' peculiar walking style. Kutcher is moreover a striking look-a-like.
The worm in the apple is not the acting, but the shallowness in the portrayal. The film reflects many facets of its titular figure - the passion, the egomania, the dictatorial tendencies - but rather gives the impression of a list being checked off than an inspired study of a complex visionary soul. The college years are diddled away. The family subjects barely paid a thought. At the same time it wants to be moving, but achieves a mere so-so effect with its violin-playing over-sentimentality.
The upside, which makes it worthwhile, is the entertainment value in the journey. From circuit board-tinkering in the parents' garage to board meetings in fancy offices. Personally, I've never owned an Apple product. Neither iPhone or iMac. But it doesn't really matter here. Steve Jobs, the man and creative trailblazer, doesn't evoke any less fascination.
Just a shame I can't put any dots over the i's in "innovation icon".
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Jobs Quotes
- Steve Jobs:
- You can build your own things, that other people can use.
- Daniel Kottke:
- Be as simple as you can be, you'll be astonished to see how uncomplited and happy your can become.
- Steve Jobs:
- You can build your own things, that other people can use.
- Steve Jobs:
- It's a tool for the heart. And when you can touch someone's heart. That's limitless. If I do say so myself, it's insanely cool. It's a music player. It's a thousand songs in your pocket. I'd like to introduce you to the iPod.
- Steve Jobs:
- If you don't share our enthusiasm and care for the vision of this company.
- Apple Designer #1:
- No no no no no. I'm just... I'm not understanding...
- Steve Jobs:
- Get Out!
- Apple Designer #1:
- What?
- Steve Jobs:
- Get your shit and get out! You're done.
- Apple Designer #1:
- Wait. Are you going to fire me?
- Steve Jobs:
- No! I already fired you! Why are you still here?
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