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The Social Network

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• Documentary
• Drama

• 2010
• David Fincher
• 115 mins
• 12

Summary

Oscar-winning drama based on a true story, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield. Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg is a computer programming genius, but he struggles to fit in with the movers and shakers of the university's elite. As a reaction to not being part of the social scene he creates the online network Facebook, an invention that will make him one of the youngest ever billionaires - but not before he has battled his rivals in court.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Trevor Johnston

The foundation of online phenomenon Facebook comes in for scrutiny in this fact-based drama, which turns the site's formative years into a morality tale for our times. Computer-science student Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg, giving a subtly commanding performance) is an unloved outsider at Harvard in 2003, but finds a way of circumventing the university's traditional elite by creating the networking technology that eventually makes him one of the world's youngest billionaires. Along the way, there's camaraderie, betrayal, class tension and much litigation: both his one-time best pal Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield, providing the conscience of the piece) and super-snooty rivals the Winklevoss twins (Armie Hammer, in a dual role) sue for their slice of an increasingly large pie. The dazzling wordplay from screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (TV's The West Wing) and David Fincher's intensely focused direction work in concert to favour character conflict over computer geekery, digging deep to elucidate the story's essential tensions between greed and loyalty, and online and real-world friendship. It's riveting stuff, not least when Justin Timberlake swaggers on as cocksure internet visionary Sean "Napster" Parker. Most significant though, is how this brilliantly assembled cautionary tale gets straight to the heart of the human needs and failings underpinning dizzying technological advancement, creating one of the truly defining films of its era.

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7.8/10

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Cast

rolenameMark ZuckerbergJesse EisenbergEduardo SaverinAndrew GarfieldSean ParkerJustin TimberlakeDustin MoskovitzJoseph MazzelloErica AlbrightRooney MaraMarylin DelpyRashida JonesChristyBrenda SongCameron Winklevoss / Tyler WinklevossArmie HammerTyler WinklevossJosh PenceDivya NarendraMax MinghellaChris HughesPatrick MapelSyJohn GetzAmyDakota JohnsonAliceMalese JowBilly OlsenBryan BarterGageDavid SelbyAd executiveAaron SorkinPeter ThielWallace Langham

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rolenameDirectorDavid Fincher

Details

Theatrical distributor

Sony

Released on

2010-10-15

Languages

English | French

Guidance

Swearing, drug abuse.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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