Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

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Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

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2015

2h 8m

Documentary

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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

Aug 29, 2016

An overlong but insightful documentary.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

May 28, 2016

A welcome (and, frankly, a bit overdue) corrective to the Jobs hagiography.

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Richard Brody

The New Yorker

Sep 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.

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Michael J. Casey

Michael J. Cinema

Aug 22, 2021

2.5/5

If there is a man in the machine, it is most likely Gibney.

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Matt Warren

Battleship Pretension

Jan 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.

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Mae Abdulbaki

Movies with Mae

May 2, 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.

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Robert P

@Superbad Oct 11, 2026

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine is a *3* star Movie!

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Forrest M

@RT32281296 Jun 25, 2026

"Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine" is a good documentary that explains behind the complex personality of the Apple founder. It presents both his good and bad traits as well as his success and downfall and his rise again upon returning to Apple Computer. It won't sit well with Steve Jobs fans who wants a lionized documentary but it is a great one to learn the man behind Apple Computer.

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Munkhchimeg T

@RT64187897 Jul 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

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Geke g

@RT40239519 Jul 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

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Christian S

@Cstein99 Feb 20, 2024

Well done! This was an excellent historical piece.

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Mar 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.

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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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