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The film opens in 2001 with a middle-aged Steve Jobs (Ashton Kutcher) introducing the iPod at an Apple Town Hall meeting.[6] It then flashes back to Reed College in 1974. Jobs had already dropped out due to the high expense of tuition, but was still attending classes with the approval of Dean Jack Dudman (James Woods) who took him under his wing. Jobs is particularly interested in a course on calligraphy. He meets up with his friend Daniel Kottke (Lukas Haas) who is excited to see that Jobs is holding a copy of Be Here Now by Baba Ram Dass. Influenced by this book and his experiences with LSD, Jobs and Kottke spend time in India. Two years later, Jobs is back in Los Altos, California living at home with his adoptive parents Paul (John Getz) and Clara (Lesley Ann Warren). He is working for Atari and develops a partnership with his friend Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad) after he sees that Wozniak has built a personal computer (the Apple I). They name their new company Apple Computer, though there already is a company called Apple Records that is owned by The Beatles (Wozniak then teases Jobs that this is symbolic of his preference for Bob Dylan). Wozniak gives a demonstration of the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club. Jobs is later approached by Paul Terrell (Brad William Henke) who shows interest in the Apple I. Knowing that he and Wozniak will need a studio in which to build them, Jobs convinces his father Paul to allow them to use the family garage (set up as a carpentry/tool center) for his new company. Realizing that they cannot build these computers alone, Jobs also recruits Kottke, Bill Fernandez (Victor Rasuk), and Chris Espinosa (Eddie Hassell) to the Apple team..
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As a fan of Steve Jobs, I tended to enjoy watching this film; however, the story is not very well developed, skipping over vast portions of Steve Jobs' life, so the average movie goer will likely find the film less enjoyable. As a Jobs fan, again, there were some parts of his life, his career, and the people around him I'd have like to see more. There was barely a mention of Bill Gates, Andy Hertzfeld was way too minor a character, and Jobs mentors went unmentioned, as did his early childhood. The 11 years at NeXT were covered in about 3 seconds, and Pixar went unmentioned. The movie ended in 1997, before most of his greatest successes. So, actually, the movie tries to offer enough for Jobs fans, and the average movie goer, but ends up completely satisfying neither.
It tended to go a bit long without plot development, dramatic crescendo or any story movement whatsoever. The theater had the feel of a bunch of people itching for it to be over.
astone2695
If you are a Steve Jobs fanatic, then you will probably not enjoy the film. My opinion of this movie is not based on the historical accuracy of the events in the movie. With that being said, I believe that this movie was very inspirational and was much better overall than I expected it to be. I left the theater in a good mood as the movie ended. I think that Kutcher's portrayal of Jobs (while it may not have been accurate) was fantastic. In the end, if you are going into the theater expecting an accurate Steve Jobs biography, then you will be disappointed. Other than that, people who have interest in computers will most likely enjoy this movie. Happy viewing.
fishersfive
What a disappointment. There was great potential for this movie and it missed the mark. Steve Jobs was a passionate visionary, unafraid to express anger and high expectations of his employees. The movie lacked the impact of the true emotion of Steve Jobs in the real world. Ashton Kutcher did a good job and the entire movie was well cast but the script was boring. Too much time was spent on the early days of Jobs and the creation of Apple in the family garage. The biggest disappointment was the story ending at the introduction of the iPod and the complete omission of any of the current products. Much of the audience would relate to the introduction of the iPhone and iPad and I think it was a mistake to leave so much out. I also think the movie could have been improved by updating the audience on the whereabouts of the original Apple staff. Overall, I give the movie a solid "C".
Renno
The movie was very good it is so sad that Steve Jobs could not work at Apple for 9 years. Just imagine what he could have done during those lost years for the world, a great loss for all.
MereMovieGoer
It is hard to watch someone so brilliant be so terrible in other parts of his life. I am not a huge ashton fan but he did a great job. Not a wonderful movie...not a terrible movie...just eh. interesting to see the life of an innovator...
As a fan of Steve Jobs, I tended to enjoy watching this film; however, the story is not very well developed, skipping over vast portions of Steve Jobs' life, so the average movie goer will likely find the film less enjoyable. As a Jobs fan, again, there were some parts of his life, his career, and the people around him I'd have like to see more. There was barely a mention of Bill Gates, Andy Hertzfeld was way too minor a character, and Jobs mentors went unmentioned, as did his early childhood. The 11 years at NeXT were covered in about 3 seconds, and Pixar went unmentioned. The movie ended in 1997, before most of his greatest successes. So, actually, the movie tries to offer enough for Jobs fans, and the average movie goer, but ends up completely satisfying neither. It tended to go a bit long without plot development, dramatic crescendo or any story movement whatsoever. The theater had the feel of a bunch of people itching for it to be over.