About this movie

Genres:
Drama: Language:
English: Running time:
2:00:28: Partner rating:
PG-13: Released:
2010: Quality:
480 (DVD equivalent)

Cast & Crew

Cast

Andrew Garfield Eduardo Saverin
Justin Timberlake Sean Parker
Jesse Eisenberg Mark Zuckerberg
Max Minghella Divya Narendra
Armie Hammer Cameron Winklevoss
Josh Pence Tyler Winklevoss
Brenda Song Christy
Rashida Jones Marilyn Delpy
Joseph Mazzello Dustin Moskovitz
John Getz Sy

Directors

David Fincher

Producers

Michael De Luca
Scott Rudin
Ceán Chaffin
Dana Brunetti

Writers

Aaron Sorkin

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The Social Network

Director David Fincher (Fight Club, Seven) teams with screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing) to explore the meaning of success in the early 21st century from the perspectives of the technological innovators who revolutionized the way we all communicate. The year was 2003. As prohibitively expensive technology became affordable to the masses and the Internet made it easy to stay in touch with people who were halfway across the world, Harvard undergrad and computer programming wizard Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) launched a website with the potential to alter the very fabric of our society. At the time, Zuckerberg was just six years away from making his first million. But his hearty payday would come at a high price, because despite all of Zuckerberg's wealth and success, his personal life began to suffer as he became mired in legal disputes, and discovered that many of the 500 million people he had friended during his rise to the top were eager to see him fall. Chief among that growing list of detractors was Zuckerberg's former college friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), whose generous financial contributions to Facebook served as the seed that helped the company to sprout. And some might argue that Zuckerberg's bold venture wouldn't have evolved into the cultural juggernaut that it ultimately became had Napster founder Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake) not spread the word about Facebook to the venture capitalists from Silicon Valley. Meanwhile, the Winklevoss twins (Armie Hammer and Josh Pence) engage Zuckerberg in a fierce courtroom battle for ownership of Facebook that left many suspecting the young entrepreneur might have let his greed eclipse his better judgment. The Social Network was based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.

Reviews by Rotten Tomatoes

96%

percent positive reviews

Joe Baltake, Passionate Moviegoer Fincher and Sorkin's ironic essay on both the advances and decline in social networking – Full review
Marc Fennell, Triple j Snappy script, sharp editing, eerily perfect soundtrack and nuanced performances. One of the first films to articulate the psychological power and draw of the internet: what it feeds us and why we... – Full review
Julie Rigg, MovieTime, ABC Radio National The Social Network's portrait of Zuckerberg, replete with the jerky rhythms and constant scanning of the truly net addicted, epitomises that change. For that, and some very fine drama indeed, this... – Full review
Fiona Williams, sbs.com.au It's a credit to the combined efforts of Fincher and Sorkin that the dramatic tension can (more than once) culminate in the refreshing of a website. – Full review
Margaret Pomeranz, At the Movies (Australia) This is a beautifully made film by David Fincher with a superb screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. – Full review

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