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KayJOct 25, 2015

An absolute yawn. The "weaving in" of elements from Walter Issacson's dry and scathing book fall as short as said publication did in portraying the full depth of Steve Jobs. Fact-checking was obviously not a priority for Aaron Sorkin in thisAn absolute yawn. The "weaving in" of elements from Walter Issacson's dry and scathing book fall as short as said publication did in portraying the full depth of Steve Jobs. Fact-checking was obviously not a priority for Aaron Sorkin in this - yet again - character assassination of the man behind Apple. I did watch the entire debacle, but had it have been on the small screen this production would not have passed my ten minute test.… Expand

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mertz109Oct 25, 2015

Disappointing and unrewarding. I was looking forward to this movie... I figured how could you go wrong when an epic story of failure-to-triumph already happened in real life.

When the movie ended in the theatre, instead of cheers orDisappointing and unrewarding. I was looking forward to this movie... I figured how could you go wrong when an epic story of failure-to-triumph already happened in real life.

When the movie ended in the theatre, instead of cheers or satisfaction, I heard several people say out loud, "Wait... what?" or "Wait... that's not the end, is it?"

Not a good sign.

I went to dinner afterwards and I was trying to figure out what was wrong with the movie... a movie that had ZERO impact on me whatsoever.

Nobody is going to say that it was poorly acted - they had an A+ cast and they all did a great job with what they were given. There wasn't any bad dialogue or moments where you groan at how something is presented...

It wasn't poor execution of anything... it was the complete lack of story telling and character development...

The movie was just one scene after another of intense dialogue and no story elements whatsoever.

I know everyone hates the idea of a formula, but every great TV show or movie follows the following pattern:

You get a glimpse into the current life of the main character. You see them somehow unfairly wronged (so you feel sympathy for them and bond with them).

An opportunity presents itself and the main character pursues that... and then, about 10% into the movie, the real quest begins...

Through the course of the movie, we watch the main character pursue their main goal and deal with the challenges that come up in the meantime -- challenges that force the main character to push past his inner and outer challenges more than he/she ever has before.

At the 50% point in the movie, you reach a "point of no return", where the character can't go back to their old life / old way of being, even if they wanted to...

The rest of the movie winds up at an ultimate test where the main character has to fully and irrevocably step into their new self and overcome their most challenging inner block.

EVERY good movie and TV show has this. Star Wars. Breaking Bad. Dead Poet Society. Fight Club. The 40 Year Old Virgin.

(I'm not saying those are all the best movies/TV shows ever, I'm just illustrating the breadth of content that all follows this format.)

This movie did none of the key storytelling milestones, so you end up watching two hours of characters who you couldn't give a flying f*** about arguing with each other about subject matter you have zero investment in as an audience member.

One of my tests as to whether it's a good movie or not is if one of the main characters got shot dead in a scene, would I care?

In this movie, a bomb could have dropped on every product launch and I couldn't have cared less.

If you haven't seen the movie, please do... I'm tired of seeing movies like this that lack any satisfying substance get high rating on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes...

You think movie studios with 9 figure budgets don't know how to fudge ratings on these things? Of course they do!!! So please, watch the movie and rate it accordingly...… Expand

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Flange77Oct 24, 2015

Two hours of relentless, overwrought, annoying, repetitive conversations between angry people you care nothing about. A hugely disappointing, unrealistic, lazy mess of a movie.

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SweaterGuyOct 27, 2015

It just feels so directed" and over-acted. Enough of the endless face shots of angst. I just don't get all the hype of this film. It is the dog of the season.

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Stanely626Oct 25, 2015

This movie was a HUGE disappointment. There isn't any kind of character development, and Steve Job's life is pretended to be summarized to very short and lame episodes of his life. You will go out of the movie not having a remote idea aboutThis movie was a HUGE disappointment. There isn't any kind of character development, and Steve Job's life is pretended to be summarized to very short and lame episodes of his life. You will go out of the movie not having a remote idea about who Steve Jobs really was. :-(… Expand

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ChurchilljillOct 25, 2015

I am totally AMAZED that this movie is not rated a bomb across the board! Tedious and contrived. Let's have dialogues that are not particularly good "tell the story" vs. employing good movie making. And the title of the movie should haveI am totally AMAZED that this movie is not rated a bomb across the board! Tedious and contrived. Let's have dialogues that are not particularly good "tell the story" vs. employing good movie making. And the title of the movie should have included his daughter, Lisa, as that is what this is pivoting around - not that this is not important - but really great intricacy's of the man were completely not shown. Read "Becoming Steve Jobs" - this is the real deal on who Steve Jobs was, flaws and all, but balanced.… Expand

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jhepOct 28, 2015

I should confess that I WALKED OUT after just over 40 minutes of this non-stop VERY tedious Talk-fest.....the story seemed to be stuck.....paralyzed .......incapable of moving beyond its opening scene....it felt like a REALLY BAD ONE-PLAYI should confess that I WALKED OUT after just over 40 minutes of this non-stop VERY tedious Talk-fest.....the story seemed to be stuck.....paralyzed .......incapable of moving beyond its opening scene....it felt like a REALLY BAD ONE-PLAY with utterly banal dialogue and two dimensional characters.....it like watching one of the soap operas my grandmother loved so dearly in the 1960s.....and THIS from DANNY BOYLE the genius who created "Slumdog Millionaire", "127 Hours" and "28 Days Later".......that's two bombs in row Danny ("Trance" and now this )......hope you get your mojo back soon; you are an amazingly talented film maker.… Expand

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MacuserOct 24, 2015

My 30-year-old Mac Classic, my first computer ever, still works. I never had to read a single page of instructions to use any of my Macs that I owned (until 2014). Mr. jobs knew exactly what the personal computer had to be for the users,My 30-year-old Mac Classic, my first computer ever, still works. I never had to read a single page of instructions to use any of my Macs that I owned (until 2014). Mr. jobs knew exactly what the personal computer had to be for the users, long before the users ever did. He had to fight his engineers, because Mr. Jobs knew that the engineers wanted to make something different from what he wanted to make. He was a "Meister," not a money-monger CEO. Mr. Jobs came to be known to the world for his accomplishments not for his faults. I greatly appreciate his accomplishments, but not what this movie describes about him. This movie is good for someone who would enjoy seeing how a formula 1 racing car does when it plows the field.… Expand

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AxeTOct 26, 2015

What a wreck! You know how the book is always better than the movie except in a handful of cases such as: "Psycho", "The Godfather", "Jaws", maybe "The Shining"… here the book (though a biography not a novel) is about a thousand timesWhat a wreck! You know how the book is always better than the movie except in a handful of cases such as: "Psycho", "The Godfather", "Jaws", maybe "The Shining"… here the book (though a biography not a novel) is about a thousand times better. The first big mistake was Sorkin writing the script. He's not a moviemaker but a playwright and one who is in love with his own concocted witty banter and not so much interested in a good movie. It worked well for "The Social Network" but dreadfully does not here. The subject is highly verbal yes, but this film is way too much so and a director like say Polanski would have smartly thrown out half of the wall to wall dialogue.
Danny Boyle's (a director I have always liked) stabbings at a cinematic treatment of the stagy script do not work including the use of grainy film stock in the beginning and subliminal cuts to get in back story that appear as errors. These choices are a complete blunder. Michael Fassbender is an excellent actor, but incredibly I might prefer the lousy Ashton Kutcher whose portrayal in the lame "Jobs" was at least a better and more accurate overview. Kate Winslet plays an annoying contrivance of a character that is ridiculously unbalanced to the real story. And what can you say about the casting of a fat slob of a talentless over-paid lucky as **** phony actor playing Steve Wozniak? They could have cast any fat slob with a beard and that actor (or non-actor) would have done just as well or better.
The worst move of all was the silly Hollywood emphasis on Steve Job's illegitimate daughter who takes over the whole story! A story that could have and should have been epic! What about his other kids for that matter? What about his wife who he didn't find until late in life and really might have saved him from himself in many ways? The film's focus is narrow and dumb, and that is said knowing full well that dramatic license and drastic cuts and economies must be made in adapting such a book and life. This movie feels very small while something like "The Social Network" felt big. I read the biography in whole, and any other iteration imaginable would be superior to this film. Isaacson must be hugely disappointed in this hack job.
One thing is for sure, Steve Jobs would be appalled by this piss poor movie and would be livid over its shabbiness!… Expand

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DOUGKOct 27, 2015

If you are a fan of Apple and Steve Jobs, you might like this movie. However, it is hard to see why anyone would like it very much. Kate Winslet is good but that is not nearly enough to carry the film which has almost nothing else toIf you are a fan of Apple and Steve Jobs, you might like this movie. However, it is hard to see why anyone would like it very much. Kate Winslet is good but that is not nearly enough to carry the film which has almost nothing else to recommend it. It is not an interesting story, not good character development, not good dialogue, not entertaining, not educational, not enlightening, nothing worth watching. I hate to agree with Rex Reed who is the most uneven critic in the country but he is right on this one.… Expand

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hendrikchipmanDec 30, 2015

Apple propaganda from start to finish. I found nothing good about this movie while watching it. The whole movie focuses on Steve Jobs and exaggerates his genius. The company is obviously behind this movie and are interested in boosting AppleApple propaganda from start to finish. I found nothing good about this movie while watching it. The whole movie focuses on Steve Jobs and exaggerates his genius. The company is obviously behind this movie and are interested in boosting Apple sales. I will wait for a more accurate portrayal of Steve. Until then, this movie will not do.… Expand

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royphishoohFeb 15, 2016

Incredibly boring film. It seems Jobs spent his entire life attending new product presentations. I don't like Apple products but I wanted to know more about this extraordinary man - unfortunately I feel I learned nothing about him from this 2Incredibly boring film. It seems Jobs spent his entire life attending new product presentations. I don't like Apple products but I wanted to know more about this extraordinary man - unfortunately I feel I learned nothing about him from this 2 hours of tedium.… Expand

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likeitisNov 4, 2015

BORING!!!!! Too much geeky over the top blabbering. A misplaced homage to Jobs at the expense of a layman audience. A better movie would have been Jobs' place in the technology revolution. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! Ps. MY wife and I NEVERBORING!!!!! Too much geeky over the top blabbering. A misplaced homage to Jobs at the expense of a layman audience. A better movie would have been Jobs' place in the technology revolution. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!! Ps. MY wife and I NEVER agree. We did this time… Expand

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truedatNov 27, 2015

Imagine a movie where a bunch of characters you don't care about have intense but uninteresting arguments for the entire time.

That is this movie.
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Brent_MarchantNov 19, 2015

A biopic that rings hollow and phony from start to finish. Yes, we're well aware of the title character's shady reputation from news reports and other films, but this stagey, pretentious, poorly written and at times needlessly cryptic accountA biopic that rings hollow and phony from start to finish. Yes, we're well aware of the title character's shady reputation from news reports and other films, but this stagey, pretentious, poorly written and at times needlessly cryptic account of his life becomes truly laughable and tiresome. Michael Fassbender's overwrought, constantly mugging for the camera performance screams "I dare you not to nominate me for an Oscar for this portrayal" (sheesh). Were it not for the solid supporting performances of Kate Winslet and Jeff Daniels, there would be nothing to recommend here. It's now easy to see why the early reviews weren't so kind to this release; it doesn't deserve the praise it has received since.… Expand

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JackbookproOct 11, 2015

Great if you like drama, horrible if you appreciate anything close to the truth. This movie feels like it has a very personal vendetta, and may forever ingrain a false image of a man who was certainly not an evil genius.

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Val-835Jan 29, 2016

The first 5 minutes start with a lot of dialogue. You say, OK it will get better. Sadly, it never does. It never changes. Dialogue after dialogue after dialogue. Good actors get lost in it. By the end, you scratch your head. What was thisThe first 5 minutes start with a lot of dialogue. You say, OK it will get better. Sadly, it never does. It never changes. Dialogue after dialogue after dialogue. Good actors get lost in it. By the end, you scratch your head. What was this movie all about ? What did it try to tell us ? How come people as smart as these directors and writers can get it so wrong ? To me, it's a mystery.… Expand

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SymmetryJan 1, 2016

I was terribly disappointed. Having read all positive reviews while not being a huge fan of Jobs (although I really liked the book) I went to see this movie expecting a decent script, powerful storyline and talented film production that canI was terribly disappointed. Having read all positive reviews while not being a huge fan of Jobs (although I really liked the book) I went to see this movie expecting a decent script, powerful storyline and talented film production that can turn not the strongest script into breathtaking movie. NONE of my expectations were met. Extremely boring script (which takes some talent to create given eventful Steve's life), average editorial work. I fell asleep in the middle and then woke up to feel sorry for Steve Jobs who was presented as sentimental ageing dad. I doubt he would agree with this interpretation despite all his indifference to what public thinks of him. Avoid.… Expand

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chang1212Jan 22, 2016

I expected more from this movie. it has great actors but its definitely boring. I did not enjoy it. It was a slow movie with slow actors. he was just a stereotype of Steve Jobs.

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David_HMar 7, 2016

One of the worst movies i've ever sat through. It was basically one scene after another after another of Jobs arguing or having conflict with every person in his life. I have no idea how accurate it was but i suspect its unlikely his lifeOne of the worst movies i've ever sat through. It was basically one scene after another after another of Jobs arguing or having conflict with every person in his life. I have no idea how accurate it was but i suspect its unlikely his life was that negative. there wasn't even any beautiful scenery or decent cinematography to balance out the depression, it was shot like a poor quality documentary. At any rate, the movie was a huge downer and the only thing it succeeds in is raising your blood pressure.… Expand

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LetoAtreides82Oct 16, 2021

Great cast and excellent acting but there's no story, it's just long scenes mostly focusing on three launches of products, the Macintosh, the NEXT Cube, and the iMac, and some of his relationship or non relationship with his daughter. MostGreat cast and excellent acting but there's no story, it's just long scenes mostly focusing on three launches of products, the Macintosh, the NEXT Cube, and the iMac, and some of his relationship or non relationship with his daughter. Most of what I know about Steve Jobs is from this movie but even with what little I know I get the feeling that this movie tried to make him look like a better person than he was. It's really sad that we give free passes to losers like him.… Expand

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tv12May 10, 2016

A painful movie to watch. The false plot device of having all these major emotional scenes take place before major product launch was trite and overwrought. Movie just never came together. Read the book but avoid this movie, a total bust.

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