Flamboyant, gloriously wordy, entertaining look at the life of Jobs via three product launches in his life. Having made that decision, Aaron Sorkin locked himself into the fact that major events need to happen off screen, which plays better on stage than film. He kind of tries to get around that by having brief cut aways to said event - Jobs and Woz in the famous garage, Jobs getting fired, etc.
Danny Boyle's direction is energetic and pacey, even if there are times I wish he'd slowed down to milk the emotion. The acting is uniformly excellent - but Michael Fassbender isn't a star and I think the movie would have benefited with someone more likable. Kate Winslet does wonders with that Sorkin standby, the faithful assistant (Sarah Snook is thrown in as another one for good measure - a girl with clipboard); Seth Rogen is really good as Wozniack; Jeff Daniels I was prepared to be getting sick off but he's great as the guy who sacks Jobs; Katherine Waterston is okay in perhaps the most sketchy role, the mother of Jobs' kid. It's smart and brave and I wish it had done better at the box office.
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