A Powerful, Engaging and Surprisingly Personal Biopic,

Rating: 9/10 (17 November 2015)

Steve Jobs is a fantastic movie with an extremely well developed plot and an outstanding cast. It's a very powerful film as we follow the life of the creative mind that was Steve Jobs, creator and founder of Apple. It's not told in the usual way that a biography film is, in which we are taken through a person's entire life. Here, we are given three big events in Jobs career, the product launch of his three major creations, along the way we are given a lot of information on his personal life. It is very engaging, as we see him communicate with family members, work colleagues and close friends, and it shows just how complicated and hard working this man really was.
My only real issue with this movie is that it feels rushed, it has a two hour run, and if felt as if it would not allow itself be any longer. A film about someone like Jobs could have easily been three hours. It felt a little vague on certain details in his life that many people watching this movie might not have been aware of, likely as a result of trying to keep a reasonably short run, which I found unnecessary.
The cast is superb and they all deserve a huge path on the back for their excellent work. Michael Fassbender took my breath away in the lead role, he never leaves the screen and you never want him to, Seth Rogen has never been better as he delivers a surprisingly breathtaking performance as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Kate Winslet is almost unrecogniseable as Joanna Hoffman and delivers some of her best acting in years, and Jeff Daniels had a very powerful presence as John Scully, they all deserve Oscar nominations as they truly became and embodied their role. Director Danny Boyle also deserves credit for making his best film yet, in my opinion.
It is personal and unique in telling Jobs' story, it does not try to spoon feed us information, but merely to get a great feel for these events in the man's life. Huge praise is deserved for this well acted and superbly written film, it's emotional, breathtaking and I would certainly watch it again, I would recommend Steve Jobs to anyone looking for a good drama or biography film.
We're taken inside the private life of Steve Jobs as he psychically and emotionally prepares for his three biggest product launches.
Best Performance: Michael Fassbender