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Jobs Movie Review
Ratings:2/5 Review By: Jaison Lewis Site:Mumbai Mirror
The script also doesn't jump out at you, it isn't paced well and it is filled with famous Jobs quotes and anecdotes from his life. There is nothing there that anyone who read any spread in any newspaper on his passing didn't already know. The movie also falters in terms of editing. It fails to keep you at the edge of your seat, focusing more on the emotional drama and not so much on how the products came to be or the struggle behind them. The entire movie fails to impress. It is at most a fluff piece made to glorify Steve Jobs, which it does badly. We think you might want to wait till the movie comes out on TV. But while you wait, try and get your hands on Pirates of Silicon Valley instead. It is still a good watch and portrays the characters in a much better way.
Ratings:2/5 Review By: Anupama Chopra Site:Front Row (Hindustan Times)
Ratings:2/5 Review By: Paloma Sharma Site:Rediff
Jobs has the opportunity to examine one of the most interesting lives in history. But it chooses to throw that away. It chooses not to explore different aspects of Steve Jobs’ life, instead sticking to safe ground and portraying Jobs as a controlling, psychotic perfectionist who achieves his ends by whatever means necessary. The film hardly provides any insight into Steve Jobs’ personal relationships or what he goes through after being ousted from Apple. Not only that, the film also conveniently overlooks the details of Steve Jobs’ life and miserably fails to represent him as a complete person. Had he still been around, Jobs certainly wouldn’t have approved of Jobs.
Ratings:2.5/5 Review By: Tushar Joshi Site:DNA
Joshua Michael Stern's biographical ode to Steve Jobs only offers slices of what the man might have actually been. So we are left with half of everything, be it his personal life, the professional graph, relationship with his friends, there is never a sense of completion with any of these tracks. Also the pace is a major dampener, especially the portion leading to the end. Jobs feels like a dinner date where the person picks up your tab and leaves before you get through the soup! We wish there was more candour and less trickery in this biopic.
Ratings:2/5 Review By: Koimoi Team Site:Koimoi
What’s Good: The charisma of the revolutionary evangelist who changed the entire digital age. It is the mere aura of Steve which leaves you with goosebumps. What’s Bad: The film’s fractured screenplay and the narrative that comes without back links. Watch or Not?: Jobs is an inconsistent film that completely ignores the human touch to it and its titular character. Focusing exceedingly on the history of Apple, the film could easily pass as a documentary on the company rather than a biopic of Steve Jobs. Watch it if you swear by Apple, if not this wouldn’t please you much!
Ratings:-- Review By: Sandy Cohen (Associated Press) Site:FirstPost (Republished)
And that’s the problem with “Jobs.” While it’s interesting to see the history of Apple and how Jobs’ singular determination was crucial to its success, the history of a company isn’t as compelling as the history of a person, especially one as complex, innovative and influential as Steve Jobs.
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