Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak on Ashton Kutcher's Steve Jobs biopic

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has given his thoughts on ‘Jobs’, the Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher.

“I thought the acting throughout was good,” said Wozniak. “I was attentive and entertained but not greatly enough to recommend the movie. I suspect a lot of what was wrong with the film came from Ashton's own image of Jobs.”

Wozniak, who invented the Apple I and II computers back in the 70s, posted his critique in response to a review of the film on tech site Gizmodo.

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“Ashton made some disingenuous and wrong statements about me recently (including my supposedly having said that the movie was bad, which was probably Ashton believing pop press headlines) and that I didn't like the movie because I'm paid to consult on another one,” he said, referring to the biopic being written by ‘The Social Network’s Aaron Sorkin.

“These are examples of Ashton still being in character.”

‘Jobs’ opened in US cinemas this past weekend but has disappointed early on, only taking
$6.7 million at the box office.

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“Either film would have paid me to consult,” he continued. “But the ‘Jobs’ one already had a script written. I can't take that creative leadership from someone else. And I was turned off by the ‘Jobs’ script. But I still hoped for a great movie.

It is widely acknowledged that Steve Jobs would never have found success with Apple had it not been for Wozniak’s technical expertise early on in the formation of the company.

“The movie ends pretty much where the great Jobs finally found product success (the iPod) and changed so many of our lives. I'm grateful to Steve for his excellence in the i-era, and his contribution to my own life of enjoying great products, but this movie portrays him having had those skills in earlier times.”

A UK release date for ‘Jobs’ has yet to be announced.