Steve Jobs | WIRED Movie Review

[Narrator] Steve Jobs is one of the most

polarizing figures in tech.

As admired for his genius,

as he was derided for his hubris.

But regardless of how you feel about him,

the new bio pic about the Apple founder

will make you like him,

or at least respect him.

The Time article said your Apple stock

was worth $441 million.

Well, I feel like Apple stock

has been dramatically undervalued.

[Narrator] The film written by Aaron Sorkin,

and directed by Slumdog Millionaire's Danny Boyle,

tells the story of Jobs's life through

three distinct product launch events.

The first, is the launch of the Macintosh in 1984.

The second, the launch of the NeXT cube in 1988.

And finally, the launch of the iMac in 1998.

It's not so much a story told in three acts,

as it is a story told in two big setbacks,

and one huge win.

All of them happening in the bowels of auditoriums.

Sound boring?

It's surprisingly not.

Dressing rooms have never seemed so electric.

And Michael Fassbender as Jobs,

and Kate Winslet,

as Apple's marketing head Joanna Hoffman,

are exceptionally on point.

And even when Jobs is berating his staff,

or trying feebly to relate to his young daughter,

he's extremely watchable.

It's having no control.

[Narrator] Thank Aaron Sorkin for that.

Sorkin started as a playwright,

so he's very comfortable writing

for people in tight quarters.

I wasn't saying you slept with 28% of American men.

I was using an algorithm.

[Narrator] If there's one person who can

make the launch of a personal computer

more interesting than Steve Jobs, it's him.

And like he did with Facebook on The Social Network,

Sorkin is here to make tech as high drama as a heart attack.

But is that drama true?

The film is technically an adaptation

of Walter Isaacson's biography of Jobs,

but not everything that happens in Steve Jobs

happened to Steve Jobs.

That's okay.

The Apple founder was mythologized

even while he was alive,

and that mythology has only grown

since his passing in 2011.

What did you do?

I play the orchestra.

[Narrator] This is evident in the fact

that there have been nearly a dozen movies

and documentaries made about Jobs.

This latest is the third to come out just this year,

but it's safe to say Hollywood saved the best for last.

(pulsing electronic music)