Ashton Kutchermay or may not be the perfect fit to play the world’s favourite tech tyrant, but the rest of the film seems terrible and terribly boring. Even the title is horrendous.
First, the movie is called Jobs: Get Inspired. With that kind of cornball name, the film sounds more like a motivational seminar in the basement of a Marriott than a compelling biopic. It also has the misfortune of being directed by Joshua Michael Stern, whose claim to fame is Swing Vote, a bad movie you forgot about from 2008. It starred Kevin Costner and nobody liked it. He also wrote a made-for-TV movie called Nightworld: Survivor in 1997.
And finally, this damning quote from an interview with the producer of Jobs: Get Motivated:
Finally, do you believe that the family, friends and fans of Steve Jobs will appreciate the movie Jobs when it is released?
We have purposed for the movie to be an accurate and inspirational portrayal of his fascinating life and the huge impact he had on the world, so yes we expect his family and friends to appreciate it.
If you can expect that his family and friends will “appreciate” the movie, it’s unlikely it’s going to be very critical, or very interesting, or very accurate. So what we’ll have is a gushing, whitewashed commercial for the memory of Steve Jobs. At least Ashton looks a lot like him! [Neowin via Verge]