The Public and Private life of Steve Jobs

Rating: 9/10 (29 October 2015)

A cradle to grave story about a man as iconic as Steve Jobs would be 3 hours of life highlights laboriously in the style of connecting dots to show who Steve Jobs was. Rather than creating such a complex narrative, this film focuses on three very public events in Steve Jobs life and showing behind the stage at these pubic events key elements of his private life.
Enough has already been said about the public events, his product launches, but in these events we see Steve Jobs' determination toward success and his failings. Steve Jobs is seen as a jerk at times but also a man who in the end will do right by his daughter.
As the credits were rolling, I reflected on the film and looked at my sons IPOD. At that moment, I realized what the film was doing, showing how Jobs had design vision for technology but it took awhile for technology to catch up to his vision, while contrasting his public and private life with a stage curtain.
This film clearly shows a cross section of Steve Jobs and lets the viewer come to an understanding of the man whose products we all know.