'Jobs' Movie Review: Steve Jobs Biopic Falls Short With Ashton Kutcher [TRAILER]
Ashton Kutcher stars as the late Apple founder in the biographical movie Jobs, that follows Steve Jobs from his years as a college dropout to his title as a revered tech wiz.
While Jobs is distinguished in society, many critics shot down his biopic.
"The Great Man theory of history that's recycled in this movie is inevitably unsatisfying, but never more so when the figure at the center remains as opaque as Jobs does here," The New York Times wrote in its Thursday review.
Some critics also believe Kutcher did not accurately portray Jobs' demeanor in the film.
"The Apple co-founder had a particularly charismatic way of speaking, drawing you into the dream of what he was introducing. Kutcher just can't come close," Mashable wrote in its Thursday review.
Entertainment Weekly, which gave the movie a B rating, even called Kutcher's performance "unsweetened" and said he was "obviously cast because he looks like Jobs."
Other critics, however, gave more credit to Kutcher and praised his performance.
"He looks like him, walks like him, and he gets into his skin. He looks at people the way Jobs looked at people, arrogantly, quizzically, skeptically, often amused but not especially friendly," the San Francisco Chronicle wrote in its Thursday review.
The Chronicle's review wasn't totally positive however, saying the film should've concluded with Jobs' death. The biopic ends in the mid-1990s instead of showing his 2011 death from pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. While the SFC deemed the ending "arbitrary," it called the first half of the film "satisfying."
