By Sherwin Garbinez Jr.
The central idea here is telling the story of an innovator, however, Jobs falls flat on fulfilling its promise. It is all too mechanical.
On the driver seat is Joshua Michael Stern and portraying the icon is Ashton Kutcher. The film recreated the moments that lead to how the world knew of Steve Jobs, but it failed to delve on what was behind those moments, how much of the Steve Jobs we know was part of those pivotal moments.
The film opens with the 2001 introduction of the iPOD and it tries a little too hard to set the stage. Then, the narrative goes back to the Reed College years and then to his time at Atari, where his boss deems him impossible to work with. Then we see the creation of Apple Computers in his parents’ garage with Steve “Woz” Wozniak (Josh Gad). Investor Mike Markkula (Dermot Mulroney) steps in to financially support them. A revolution starts.
Ashton Kutcher is far from the Dude, Where’s My Car days and proves to be capable to play the man behind the wire-rimmed glasses.He is a good actor but the performance is stalled with what he is given to work with. The person he portrayed was as bleak as an office.
The Matt Whiteleyscript portrayed an iPhone or iPod not the person who made all those things possible. Jobs became a tasteless two hour lecture on the great inventor. There are no traces of a human being crafting these things, the man who experienced challenges, who became inspired, who had fears and aspirations. It aimed to chronicle the ups and downs of a great man but it is all bones. Nothing to bite into.
The movie ends with a glimpse of the recording of Think Different. Stick to the original if you want to be inspired.
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