A Hollywood flick without insight.

Rating: 4/10 (28 May 2016)

Steve Jobs is one of the most interesting people of our time, a true visionary though a troubled and troubling man. Given the amount of movies featuring him, you'd think we'd have every aspect of his covered, but the unfortunate reality is that most movies seem to miss the mark. Steve Jobs (2015) comes closest, letting us see a glimpse of a complicated life, yet it's nonetheless pretty weak as a movie. Its pace is unnecessarily and inelegantly frantic, its scenes erratic and anxiety-inducing, and ultimately, we only get to see the notorious Jobs rather than Jobs as a human being. Though the man certainly had faults, some bigger than others, he was interesting and multi-faceted, neither of which are qualities that I can ascribe to this movie's presentation. Much is omitted, much is pompous, and there is little to no substance all in all.