‘JOBS’ Film Review- Tanmay Dubey

 

 

 

 

Starring: - Ashton Kutcher, Durmot Mulroney, Josh Gad, Lukas Haas

Director:- Joshua Micheal Stern

 

Making Biographical drama films can be tricky. You don’t have the luxury of cinematic freedom; the characters and story are bounded by a thick wall of real life events. You cannot take sides, and one has to be very diplomatic while filming the story about the main protagonist as he/she was a real life person. Director Joshua Michael Stern does not have a big hit under his belt, but he delivers a decent film confined into the limitations mentioned above.

The film starts with Steve Jobs (you better know about this guy before watching the film!) introducing the iconic product of its time  “iPOD” the story then flashbacks into his college days at Reed College and traces the formation of APPLE COMPUTERS. The narration focuses on STEVE JOBS the man he was, the genius, the Maverick, the shrewd business man, the self-centered, the reckless person and the visionary who was his own biggest enemy.

The story moves at a brisk pace in quarters of Job’s life and omits portion of his travel to India, his life period during his ouster from APPLE, his working with Next Computers and Pixar Animations. Instead the film focusses on the personal attributes of his life, his growth as a person (nothing much grows, except for his body as he was a man, one of his kind, unapologetic, point to point.)

 “System can only produce system” says Jobs in film and it’s so true, as you need a maverick (if I can use this word) to create something which is new to the world. (Steve very cutely argues with his team mates while quizzing to come with a new design when he says “How would people know what they want, when they haven’t seen it before.”)

The magnanimity of his stature in Apple is shown by a scene when he accidently catches an employee napping and he says “Oh Jesus!” and Steve replies “No, it’s just Jobs!”

The film’s biggest plus point is Ashton Kutcher. He gives a phenomenal performance (Don’t be surprised if he is nominated in this year’s OSCAR!) he has worked on his looks, his body language so well that you almost see the real Steve jobs on the screen. He  single handedly carries the film on his shoulders!

Steve Jobs was a man who pulled himself back every time life turned back on him. I loved the film as I personally admire the entrepreneurial ability of Mr. Steve Jobs, the products he envisioned, the company he created and the Visionary he was!

All in all a ‘lemon clear soup’ in the offering, whose taste only depends on the person drinking it!

 

Score Stack Up:-

+ ive:-  Great performance and all character depiction is real life.

-  ive:-  May leave you cold if IT Industry and its legendary stories are not your cup of tea.

 

Box Office, Paisa Vasool Rating:- 3 out of 5

Tanmay's Rating : 3.5 out of 5

 

 

 

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Scores Classifications- 

(5) Very Good, Must Watch 

(4)  Good, Should Watch 

(3)  Almost made it;

(2)  Could have been much better; 

(1)  On your own risk;