Ashton Kutcher’s performance as tech entrepreneur Steve Jobs has been hailed as “remarkable” and “formidable” by the director of the Sundance Film Festival. The keenly awaited biopic of the Apple co-founder, JOBS, has been given a premiere date, nabbing the prestigious spot as the film to close the festival in January, Stuff.co.nz reported.

“Ashton Kutcher’s performance I thought was quite remarkable,” festival director John Cooper told The Hollywood Reporter.

“It’s a very formidable performance, and it seemed like he really tried to grasp all the nuances of who Steve Jobs was,” he said.