The Social Network

“The Social Network” is a 2 hour docu-drama and tells the story of the life and obvious success of Mark Zuckerberg and his creation, Facebook. Based on the book entitled “The Accidental Billionaire” by Ben Mezrich, Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay is crisp, tight and indeed quite informative as to the ways and wiles of a world few non-techies can understand. Kudos to director David Fincher and film editors Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter who take us back and forth from depositions to dormitories in a fast and easy- to- follow style that should be the envy of all who attempt to accomplish such feats. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg), Andrew Garfield and an amazing Justin Timberlake whose future in the acting phase of the business is, as a result of is performance, comfortably assured.
Mr. Eisenberg‘s stoic and blank expressions convey so much more than if he used paragraphs of dialogue and in no small part make his performance and. the film really worth seeing. I give the film 3 and ½ stars and strongly urge you to put down your laptop and buy a ticket early since the theater we attended was, but for the 2 seats I bought, totally sold out (and deservedly so).