6/10. Here's why:


Making a biopic is tricky, specially one of someone who had a lifetime of achivements, because you have to pick certain time periods and compile them into a limited running time. In JOBS, they chose some good periods, but also some questionable periods. And they definitely skipped interesting periods. And this is coming from someone who knew nothing about his life. No, they shouldn’t have included the rivalry with Bill Gates because that was already covered in PIRATES OF SILICON VALLEY. And I’m fine with them not including his association with Pixar because it would’ve felt like a different movie. The best is the 1st part, where we see the title character and his friends *beep* their best to have a company that’s not located in a garage. But when they sign a deal, the movie skips over to when Apple being a real company. Why didn’t the makers stay in that time period so the audience could see how they actually build it? Oh, well. The middle is about STEVE’s arguements with the Apple board about how he runs the company. Not that this is bad, it’s just that it's basically the same over and over, and eventually I was wondering “How much longer?”. 30 minutes longer as it turns out. The last part starts in an interesting way by showing Apple's new board. But then the board doesn’t completely agree with STEVE’s methods and it’s the same old thing. But you know what? The movie still worked for me overall. We get to see STEVE’s bad side, which is a risk for any filmmaker. Specially when the real life person didn’t die so long ago. The drama is truly intense at times, and the acting is good. I’ve defended Ashton Kutcher for years because I think he can give a good performance. But I'm not a blind fan. When I think his performance has been bad, I’ve said it. Here, it’s great. And so is Josh Gad's. He was crying during a monologue, and I was crying with him.


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I just farted.

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