Thanks to makers of Jobs that they didn’t made it a chick flick. Well, partly they did but saved some points. There are problems with this being a biopic. But before we move any further on that, Jobs is not a bad film. It’s just that it fails to deliver what it set out to. Jobs is a nice little film and that’s it.
The movie tries to capture different events of Steve Jobs’ life – his days in Reed, early Apple days, his exit and return to Apple. Thanks to his iconic stature, there is enough material online to create a docu drama. Film however creates a rather flimsy outline and looks superficial in most of the frames. As the poster suggests, its colorful but not classy. It lacks the finesse of Apple products.
The element of crescendo is missing. There is no reason to love any of the characters. The audience-actor-character connect is too weak for a biopic. Except for one moment in the end when Jobs gives voice to commercial, there is no scene that gives the character any depth. Emotional scenes like his fight with girlfriend and Woz’s exit are wasted. The film and story fails to inspire in any way – an essential component of any biopic.
Ashton Kutcher is amateur. It reflects on screen. Dermot Mulroney is the only saving grace as far as acting is concerned. Other actors did their job given the scope and detailing. Camera work is good. Music is good. But they fail to help the weak script. Maybe it’s time to rework on this title. They made a shabby film for such a powerful title. Scorsese would have taken it to Mars. Moon, if he had a bad day.
Written By: Sujoy Ghosh
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