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29 March 2024

Steve Jobs comes alive in 'Jobs'; Ashton Kutcher not bad

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By Film Correspondent

 

The first trailer for the Steve Jobs biopic, 'Jobs', has been released, showing Ashton Kutcher as the Apple creator.

Jobs spans 30 years of the entrepreneur's career: from dropping out of university and starting up Apple in his Californian garage with co-founder Steve Wozniak (played by Josh Gad) to when the fully-fledged company manages Jobs out, and finally his return to rescue Apple from bankruptcy in 1998.

Kutcher looks the part and if one is to believe the trailer, he plays it realistically as well.

Audiences will be able to judge for themselves later this summer. 

 

As for the trailer itself, it is easy going and yet packed with little insights about the man and his failings. Jobs isn't a hyperbolic super-human (thankfully!) and hence an imperfect Kutcher is able to step lithely into his shoes.

Comparisons with 'The Social Network' are indispensable. Unlike the Facebook film though, Kutcher's Jobs is more the regular guy than Eisenberg's eccentric Zuckerberg.