Have you seen the Jobs biography movie starring Ashton Kutcher yet? I haven’t, and I’m wondering if I should. How is the movie? It depends on who you ask.
Critics and other insiders are giving the Jobs movie mixed reviews. Online movie critic site Rotten Tomatoes gave it a score of?24 and that’s out of 100. But audience members gave it a score of 52.?The New York Times?didn’t have that many pleasantries either. One critic said Kutcher, “had the sex appeal of?a Power Point presentation.” They criticized the directing for not capturing the passions Jobs had. People who knew and worked with Jobs had plenty to say, like early?Apple employee Daniel?Kottae. ?While he praised Kutcher’s portrayal 0f Jobs, he said portrayals of other characters, especially Wozniak, as inaccurate at best. Kottae claims, “It portrays Woz as not having the same vision as Steve Jobs, which is really unfair.”
Now I’m really skeptical of spending my $12, plus my $5 for a tub of extra butter popcorn. While I do respect Ashton’s work as an actor, I’ve read Jobs’ biography. Steve Jobs is a hard character for anybody to play, I don’t care if Clark Gable comes back from the dead to play him. And the Apple story is a difficult subject to carry. So while the critics are rough, I think they should keep in mind the subject matter the directors had to deal with. But here’s what persuading me to watch Jobs. If you heard Kutcher’s inspiring acceptance speech at the Teen Choice awards, it sounds like playing this role had a great impact on him. So maybe it can inspire others. Other than that, I think I’ll stick with social media spoof iSteve. So do you think the Jobs autobiography is worth me spending $17?