The Social Network (2010)
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Runtime: 120 minutes
Synopsis: As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Performances: 5/5
Screenplay: 4/5
Editing: 5/5
Cinematography: 5/5
Score/Soundtrack: 5/5
Verdict: There are about 2.5 billion active users on Facebook every month. At this point, it's an unstoppable power that is part of most people's lives, whether directly or indirectly. But just like every business, it started with an idea and took off from there. The question of who came up with that idea is one that is constantly asked through "The Social Network", a film I have been calling an instant classic for years now.
David Fincher's dramatization of the birth of that empire can be divided into three sections. It's an exploration of the website's emergence, but also a courtroom drama and a character study of the man behind everything: Mark Zuckerberg, portrayed by an excellent Jesse Eisenberg. I'm not entirely sure how much of it is accurate, but what I am certain of is the fact that it's a fascinating watch from beginning to end. I wasn't bored for a single second throughout its 2 hour runtime, and this is largely thanks to the films brilliant editing, intense acting, excellent cinematography and absorbing score by Atticus Ross and Trent Raznor. Some of it feels a little cheesy, and there were some supporting characters that weren't handled as well as the main ones, but overall it's certainly a film that will be looked at for years to come as being a representation of this decade's massive shift to the online world. In short, "The Social Network" is a definite must.
David Fincher's dramatization of the birth of that empire can be divided into three sections. It's an exploration of the website's emergence, but also a courtroom drama and a character study of the man behind everything: Mark Zuckerberg, portrayed by an excellent Jesse Eisenberg. I'm not entirely sure how much of it is accurate, but what I am certain of is the fact that it's a fascinating watch from beginning to end. I wasn't bored for a single second throughout its 2 hour runtime, and this is largely thanks to the films brilliant editing, intense acting, excellent cinematography and absorbing score by Atticus Ross and Trent Raznor. Some of it feels a little cheesy, and there were some supporting characters that weren't handled as well as the main ones, but overall it's certainly a film that will be looked at for years to come as being a representation of this decade's massive shift to the online world. In short, "The Social Network" is a definite must.
FINAL GRADE: 9/10
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