Fassbender's impeccable performance as computer genius Steve Jobs is the standout of this interesting take on the atypical biopic

Rating: 9/10 (11 November 2015)

STEVE JOBS (2015) ***1/2 Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, Jeff Daniels, Micahel Stuhlbarg, Katehrine Waterston, Perla Haney-Jardine, Ripley Sobo, Makenzie Moss, Sarah Snook, John Ortiz, Adam Shapiro. Fassbender's impeccable performance as computer genius Steve Jobs is the standout of this interesting take on the atypical biopic about celebrity, fame and the pitfalls of being an innovator in this warts-and-all take on the founder of Mac with a blue chip cast and finely tuned direction by Danny Boyle. The real star is the rat-a-tat-tat screenplay by Aaron Sorkin whose words leap from the script in verbal foreplay between Jobs and cronies with accuracy and stringent wit. While Jobs' cipher-like near Aspergean existence is peeled to reveal subtle layers of being a human instead of an A type a-hole and bully who barely can recognize his faults and lack of emotion (or just the opposite) with his colleagues and estranged at-arms-length domestic life. Based on Walter Isaacson's book.