'Steve Jobs' Movie: Writer Aaron Sorkin Thinks Critics Will Be 'Pleasantly Surprised'

— -- The movie "Steve Jobs," which depicts the Apple co-founder during three pivotal launches in his career, has garnered plenty of buzz but also some blowback from people concerned the movie may give an unfair depiction of Jobs.

Following a screening of the film in New York City on Monday night, which marked the fourth anniversary of the Jobs' death, writer Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle responded to critics -- including some people who were close to the Apple co-founder -- who have expressed concern the movie takes a hatchet to Jobs' reputation.

"From what I have read about what they are assuming is in the movie, that it is a hit job on Steve Jobs, I think that if they see the movie, they are going to be pleasantly surprised at what it is. Simply, I just can’t emphasize this enough: they haven’t seen the movie," Sorkin said.

Danny Boyle, who directed the movie, called Jobs "one of the most important figures in our lives and many, many more people’s lives to come," and said Jobs and other visionaries "have to be written about and they have to be examined."

"There will be many more films made about them," Boyle said. "We have got to examine these people, either in a big political way or in a personal way, which this [movie] tries to do."

"Steve Jobs" stars Michael Fassbender as the Apple co-founder and is in theaters in select cities this Friday.