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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

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Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the life and legacy of the Apple co-founder, a man of intense personal drive whose passing led to an unprecedented outpouring of grief across the globe.
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Critics Consensus

Steve Jobs: Man in the Machine offers absorbing viewing, even if it doesn't delve deeply into its complex subject.

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Joe O'Connell Austin Chronicle 08/29/2016
An overlong but insightful documentary. Go to Full Review
Jason Bailey Flavorwire 05/28/2016
A welcome (and, frankly, a bit overdue) corrective to the Jobs hagiography. Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker 09/14/2015
Despite the movie's journalistic substance, the pleasure-free banality of its style gets in the way of a view of Jobs himself, whose work is as much aesthetic as it is industrial. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema 08/22/2021
2.5/5
If there is a man in the machine, it is most likely Gibney. Go to Full Review
Matt Warren Battleship Pretension 01/14/2021
Is Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine interesting? Yes. Is it particularly cinematic? No. Would I recommend paying money to watch it in theaters? I would not. Go to Full Review
Mae Abdulbaki Movies with Mae 05/02/2019
4/5
An honest film about the life of Jobs. Using archive footage and interviewing the people who were closest to him, the film removes the rose-colored glasses to bring us the real man behind the technology that we are so very fond of today. Go to Full Review
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Munkhchimeg T 07/29/2024 Thank you to everyone who made this movie. I really like Steve Jobs and thanks to have opportunity to watch his life and stories. He is absolutely human machine See more Geke g 07/29/2024 How human-being born-clever like him. Like i cant imagine this modern world without products that developed. This movie also filmed like him See more Gnr E 07/28/2024 Steve jobs really a great man! See more Christian S 02/20/2024 Well done! This was an excellent historical piece. See more 03/11/2019 No interviews with happy co-workers/employees, current family, friends, etc. This was a takedown. Just a couple of disgruntled individuals, albeit they did seem fortunate to have worked at Apple and have known Steve. See more 06/21/2018 Amazing documentary. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The end seemed was conclusive and well-thought of. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the life and legacy of the Apple co-founder, a man of intense personal drive whose passing led to an unprecedented outpouring of grief across the globe.
Director
Alex Gibney
Producer
Alex Gibney, Viva Van Loock
Screenwriter
Alex Gibney
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
CNN Films, Jigsaw Productions
Rating
R (Some Language)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 4, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 16, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$494.5K
Runtime
2h 8m
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