Wikipedia article
'iSteve' is a 2013 parody film released on April 17, 2013 by producer Funny or Die, marking their first full-length movie. It claims to be the first biopic on the life of Steve Jobs after his death. The film stars Justin Long, who had previously starred in Apple's 'Get a Mac' ad campaign, as Jobs and Jorge Garcia as Steve Wozniak. The film was written in three days and shot in five by Ryan Perez, a former Saturday Night Live writer.[
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Cast
'In order of appearance'
Crew
*Directed by: Ryan Perez
*Producer: Allison Hord
*Written by: Ryan Perez
*with additional material by: Danny Jelinek, Anne Rieman, Allison Hord, Charles Ingram, Nick Corirossi and Brad Schultz
Critical review
As a free release on the Internet, the movie went unseen by film critics, with most public reactions coming from tech and business bloggers. According to 'Forbes', early reviews are mixed.[ 'Wired' reviewer Mat Honan stated that the movie was "profoundly unfunny" and that "If 'Funny or Die' is a promise, the crew should probably start coffin shopping."] Honan claims that the film has several inaccuracies but also notes that the film is a parody, which somewhat offsets that.[ CNET reviewer Amanda Kooser also notes that the movie "cut a few corners as far as accuracy goes".] Kooser notes that the film succeeded, in a sense, in beating Ashton Kutcher's 'Jobs' to market as the first Steve Jobs biopic after his death ('Pirates of Silicon Valley' had been produced and released in 1999, 3 years after Jobs returned to Apple).[ Kooser also notes that the movie had rampant anachronistic technology term usage.][ 'Variety' reviewer AJ Marechal notes that the movie, which was written in three days and shot in five,][ "has its funny moments", but that it may be "too long", especially for the Funny or Die viewership.][ 'The New York Times' critic Brooks Barnes described the movie as a "biopic poking fun at biopics" and said that writer Ryan Perez said "In true Internet fashion, its not based on very thorough research essentially a cursory look at the Steve Jobs Wikipedia page".] Barnes also noted that the movie also bested a third Jobs movie in the works by Aaron Sorkin adapted from 'Steve Jobs' by Walter Isaacson with input from Wozniak to the market.[ 'Fortune' reviewer Philip Elmer-DeWitt describes the movie as " an over-long Saturday Night Live skit that never quite gets rolling", but noted it had a few things going for it.][
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Macworld reviewers Dan Moren and Lex Friedman provided one of the few positive reviews describing the movie as a humorous Jobs biography that "...is surprisingly amusing, provided you are both a fan of Apple and of stupid comedy, and presuming you also dont mind a little profanity sprinkled in for good measure." 'Forbes' reviewer noted that the scheduled April 15 release was delayed 2 days due to the Boston Marathon bombings.
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