The biopic, reimagined

Rating: 9/10 (27 December 2017)

Aaron. Sorkin. How this film bombed I will never fully understand. Bio pics rarely work. Where to start? Where to finish? But this structure and storytelling turned it all upside down. In each act, you knew why you were there. You knew what each character wanted. Sorkin and Boyle liberated themselves from chronology, and art finally imitated life as a result. Oh, and every actor NAILED IT. This film reminded me that storytelling matters. Because even Steve Jobs can be boring (Um, hi Ashton.) or brilliant. This time? It was the latter