Steve Jobs (2015)

This was an interesting film. Told in three acts, with a brief, somewhat rushed transition between, this film tells the story of Steve Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and how he managed to become successful and a billionaire despite being a complete and total jerk. He doesn't give his life-long friend and former business partner, Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen) any credit for working on the Apple Two Team which gave the original Macintosh computer more than just two outlets. He also denies that he fathered his daughter, Lisa (played at different ages by Mackenzie Moss, Ripley Sobo and Perla Haney-Jardine) despite pleas from his former girlfriend, Chrisann (Katherine Waterston).
Each act takes place before the launch of one of Steve's creations, even though he knew his second creation, Next, would fail epicly and Apple would have no choice but to buy him back.
Beneath the surface, Steve is a deeply troubled man who has big time family issues, as he was given up for adoption and was shuffled between families for a few months. His biological mother didn't want the family to have because they weren't well-educated so his adoptive mother was too scared to love him for several months. That must have done more damage than anyone could have predicted. However, you would think that he would have been nicer to young Lisa because of that.
As the acts move along, Steve's relationship with Lisa becomes better though you don't understand why and you also learn that Chrisann is sort of crazy, spending over a thousand dollars one a house cleansing. Now, while Steve should have provided for his daughter and was completely and utterly horrible to Lisa's mother, Chrisann was taking advantage of his money, plain and simple.
Kate Winslet is Joanna Hoffman, Steve's loyal friend and publicist, who stuck with him through the thick and thin. She gives a great performance as does Jeff Daniels, who looks far younger than his sixty years old. Daniels is John Scully, the former CEO of Apple, who fired Steve Jobs. Each of them have difficult relationships with Steve.
When Winslet won her Golden Globe, she stated that she felt that she couldn't believe the amount of dialogue in this film and she's right, there is a lot of dialogue and each of the actors execute the lines flawlessly. Each act is brilliantly written, and though they somewhat connect, plenty of stuff happens that the film glosses over. How does Steve eventually develop a good relationship with Lisa? And he does eventually marry by the time the final act occurs, but that is never mentioned.
Still, the film is saved by the fantastic dialogue and great performances, though I don't feel either Fassbender or Winslet deserve an Oscar for their roles. Grade: B