The Much-Hyped Steve Jobs Movie Sounds Mediocre At Best

jOBS, the biopic of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last weekend, and the reviews are coming in.

The film stars Ashton Kutcher as Jobs, and Steve Gad as Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Based on Ross Miller of The Verge's review, it sounds like the biopic is mediocre at best.

Miller says: "It's not quite the academy award-winning epic fans might be hoping for, but it's far from a disaster."

Here's a summary of Miller's review:

• It has an independent film kind of feel.
• The movie starts to drag in the second half.
• Kutcher "nails the mannerisms" of Jobs as an orator.
• Kutcher "delivers a surprisingly effective performance" as "Jobs the Businessman."
• Kutcher isn't quite as convincing when he portrays "Jobs the Emotional."
• The movie as a whole sometimes oversells a dramatic moment, instead of just letting it naturally unfold.
• jOBS has impeccable production and costume design. "The offices and fashion play to each era — big glasses, bigger hair, slacks worn high..."
• It's a very safe film. "It's not destined to be the Great Jobs Biopic."