The Social Network (2010) (PG-13)

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

At first, I thought that this was gonna be one of the most boring films of the year. I thought: "How can you make a movie about FaceBook?" I went to see the movie with somewhat low expectations and I walked out of the theatre thinking that this could be the best film of the year. First of all, this movie featured some of the wittiest dialogues I've seen. The performances were top-notch. Especially Eisenberg's performance as Mark Zuckerberg. I was stunned by Eisenberg's precision and punctuality and I believe that he's performance was even better than Firth's in The King's Speech (hence, he should've won the Academy Award). I also thought that Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake delivered excellent performances in their supporting roles. The soundtrack is a truly innovative mix of techno and soft music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (there's also a great techno remix of In The Hall Of The Mountain King). Fincher's direction is a knock-out as usual. In this film, he manages to build tension in almost every scene and makes the viewer feel like he's part of the world the film depicts.

VERDICT: An excellent film by David Fincher, that got robbed at the Oscars.

SCORE: 4.5/5
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