Long on Journey, Short on Destination

Rating: 6/10 (11 February 2016)

The slogan to this movie is "Can a Great Man be a Good Man"? I would amend it to "Can Great Acting be a Great Movie"?
The answer to both questions in this instance is, unfortunately, no.
Written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Michael Fassbender, STEVE JOBS shows the Apple co-founder in 3 pivotal times in his life, at major project launches. This movie is, essentially, 3 one-act plays strung together with major players of his life showing up for the events.
It's an interesting concept and lends itself well to the writing style of Sorkin, but the movie just doesn't go anywhere. Jobs is a driven technology visionary with low collaboration and interpersonal skills who remains a driven technology visionary with low collaboration and interpersonal skills. They say "it's not the destination, it's the journey", but this journey seems hollow because of the lack of destination.
I blame the script and not the actors, all of whom acquit themselves nicely. Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels and, especially, Michael Stuhlbarg all have 1 good scene chewing the scenery with Fassbender. Kate Winslet, is Oscar nominated for her role (though I don't see it being an Oscar-caliber turn), but the movie belongs to Michael Fassbender who brings the strength, passion and courage of Steve Jobs convictions in EVERY scene that he is in. And that might be the problem. His character starts on "10" and ends on "10" with no real modulation.
And, unfortunately, that dooms this motion picture to middle of the pack.
6 (out of 10) stars and you can take that to the Bank (of Marquis)