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Like a lot of films in which Katherine Waterston is cast as a lead (Queen of Earth and Babysitters being prime examples), this one might meet challenges because of balancing too many genres (thriller, comedy, drama) and tones and being too subtle for a lot of people to appreciate it. However I must say the audiovisual style, casting, acting are great and these same subtlety and multi-layered-ness made this a very enjoyable and rewarding film to which I definitely will return multiple times.

Was waiting for this movie, which can be seen as a 3rd installment in an Aaron Sorkin trilogy about real-life visionaries which includes "Social Network" and "Moneyball". I loved both those movies and thought Steve Jobs the man was perfect subject for another one - he himself seemed like a larger then life character from Sorkin's page.

With a very skillful and versatile director Danny Boyle and great cast what could go wrong?

Actually I was disappointed. All the parts seemed good - acting, direction, music - but it didn't add up. Sorkin dialogue seemed tired, overwrought and sometimes looking like self-parody. The film seemed artificial. Bret Ellis called this film stillborn and I'd say there is a grain of truth in it. I would say the main reason for this film being "less then sum of its parts" is probably Sorkin screenplay. He just didn't get it right this time, it seems.

However the film is engaging and I was surprised how good and sometimes dark the lead performance by Michael Fassbender was - I was surprised how pathological Jobs looked in some moments. Another reviewer compared him to Jake Gyllenhaal in "Nightcrawler" and funny enough there is something to this comparison, which tells you how abnormal Jobs, at least as portrayed in this film, is.

In the end, a good watch, great performances but could have been more.

Very ambitious movie with strong performances, very literary screenplay, unique mix of dark humor and drama.

The highlight for me was Ike Zimmerman played by Jonathan Pryce - he was a delight to watch, very darkly charming character, combining anger, narcissism and pettiness with kind of a misanthropic wisdom and genuine warmth toward a protagonist played by Jason Schwartzman.

I appreciated the way movie switched from character to character and changed tone, but honestly for me and most people I watched it with the Ashley section wasn't as interesting as parts with main protagonist and his older mentor. But I respected the fact movie wanted to try more then stick with dark comedy of Philip and Ike sections - and also all parts of the movie veer expertly shot and cut, had great music and were a pleasure to watch.