YMMV about the 2015 film (note that TV Tropes generally doesn't do YMMV pages about real persons, only works)
Audience-Alienating Premise: Despite the All-Star Cast in front of the camera and behind it, along with being one of the most critically acclaimed films of its year, the fact that it grossed almost the identical, lowly box office as the Ashton Kutcher film Jobs spelled out that there's only so many people who actually wanted a film about Steve Jobs despite the cult of personality.
Award Snub: The lack of Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Rogen and, specially, Best Adapted Screenplay nominations in the Oscars disappointed some people.
Harsher in Hindsight: The Sony hack revealed that then-chairwoman Amy Pascal was worried that Sony was passing on a "modern-day Citizen Kane," though at the same time she worried that the lack of major celebrities would hurt its commercial prospects. Turns out she was completely right, as the film was released to critical acclaim yet failed to leave a mark at the box office, which gave a sigh of relief to the folks at Sony since they were riding high with the less-favorably-received-but-commercially-successful adaptation of Goosebumps (2015). This helped because, unlike Universal who had a hitafter hitafter hitafter hit that year, Sony was stinging from the flops of Aloha, Pixels and Chappie. Had they been hanging around to witness Steve Jobs bomb, the possibility of Sony recovering from the terrible year would have been slim.
He Really Can Act: Critics are praising Seth Rogen's performance as the beleaguered Steve Wozniak in a departure from his comedies. Although some may argue that he had already showcased these skills before in Funny People, as the sweet, innocent comedian Ira, Take This Waltz, in which he played Lou Rubin, the lead's Dogged Nice Guy husband, and The Guilt Trip, where he played Andy Brewster, a quiet, unassuming inventor, the response to his work here seemed more pronounced.
Moment of Awesome: The 1998 confrontation between Jobs and Wozniak, with Wozniak doggedly pleading for Jobs to acknowledge the Apple II team in the presentation, and Jobs just as doggedly refusing to. It's not heartwarming, it's not funny, it's just two guys arguing in a room in front of a lot of people who wish they weren't there, and it probably didn't even happen in real life, but as a way of showing you what these two characters are like, it's one of the greatest scenes Sorkin has ever written, with brilliant performances from Fassbender and Rogen and fantastically subtle and unflashy direction.
Questionable Casting: Seth Rogen, being a man whose famous for playing characters who are either idiots, slackers, or both, isn't exactly the first person who comes to your mind when you think of Steve Wozniak. However, most agreed that he did a good job Playing Against Type and held his own acting opposite much more prestigious players.
