The film divides into three acts, each set backstage before a product launch. The first and most flawlessly scripted is set in 1984 during the half hour before the unveiling of the first Macintosh. Michael Fassbender plays Jobs like a coiled snake whose tail never stops rattling. He’s too ripped to be believably geek in this early part, but his single-mindedness grows more convincing with every fast-paced line of dialogue.ĭuring the 30 minutes he spends obsessively trying to get his prototype to say ‘Hello’ during the keynote speech, Jobs denies being the father of his daughter and lights the verbal matches that will eventually burn his relationships with his boss (Jeff Daniels), his colleague (Michael Stuhlbarg) and his brainiac best friend, Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen). Perhaps his most rewarding confrontations are with the marketing manager (Kate Winslet – brilliant) who effectively doubles as his conscience. The second section jumps to 1988, as Jobs launches his doomed NeXT Computer, while the third and final act leaps a decade down the road for the debut of the iMac. By this time, Fassbender has become the spitting image of the Jobs. Alas, even Fassbender’s miraculous performance can’t save director Boyle – perhaps too good-natured for this story – from himself.
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