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Rating: 8/10 (12 November 2015)

Saw "Steve Jobs" at AMC Theaters on Veterans Day. Unlike "JOBS" (2013) starring Ashton Kutcher, "Steve Jobs" (2015) starring Michael Fassbender, as Jobs, Kate Winslet as Johanna Hoffman, Seth Rogen as Steve Wozniak, and Jeff Daniels as John Sculley, is one which depicts Mr. Jobs business-oriented life, along with his personal life. The struggles of starting-up a computer business, developing a good product, marketing it well to consumers' needs and dealing with taking care of personal family life responsibilities are all areas which this film touch on.
The most fascinating factor about the film was Steve Jobs himself and his driving desire to revolutionize computer technology as we know it, at any cost, no matter what, while making sacrifices all throughout when it came to parental responsibilities towards his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs, who he initially denied paternity.
There is a constant struggle during the film between Chrisann Brennan, Lisa's mother played by Katherine Waterston and Jobs regarding paternity. Her personal struggle is defined clearly, as applying for welfare to survive as a single mother while Apple was thriving in the early 1980's, worth an estimated $400 Million at the time was cited in the film.
Another interesting aspect of the film delves in to three exciting product launch meetings, the last in 1998 with the introduction of iMac. During the film, Steve Wozniak played by Rogen pushes Jobs to credit the Apple II team leaders during these new product launch meetings due to the impact that work had in leading in to the future of Apple and its products. Jobs appeared to be selfish and wanted all the credit aimed towards him.
This biographical movie was interesting to say the least, with several distracting yet defining moments in Jobs' life which he took as a motivating challenge to overcome, then finally realizing at the end that his daughter was more important than his technological creations. My cinema score is 8/10 and you should definitely see it if you like biographical films which take a look back at, depict, and define history.