The Social Network (2010)

The Social Network dramatizes the creation of Facebook and the personal and legal fallout that followed. Framed through deposition hearings, the film follows Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg as a furious late-night coding session evolves into a global social network. As Facebook explodes in popularity, friendships fracture — most notably with co‑founder Eduardo Saverin — and Zuckerberg faces lawsuits from the Winklevoss twins and Saverin, each claiming a different origin story. The script tracks the rise from cramped dorm rooms to Silicon Valley boardrooms and captures the collision of youthful ambition, money, and power. Watching the movie is a fast, tense experience: Aaron Sorkin’s razor‑sharp, rapid-fire dialogue and David Fincher’s cool, precise direction (underscored by a pulsing electronic score) give the story urgency and bite. The narrative jumps between courtroom testimony and flashbacks, revealing competing perspectives rather than a single truth, while standout performances — especially Jesse Eisenberg’s prickly, socially awkward Zuckerberg, Andrew Garfield’s principled but increasingly sidelined Saverin, and Justin Timberlake’s charismatic Sean Parker — put a human face on the legal and ethical conflicts. Expect slick pacing, biting wit, emotional undercurrents of betrayal and loneliness, and a thought‑provoking look at how innovation, ambition, and ego reshape relationships and the modern world.

Actors: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake

Director: David Fincher

Runtime: 120 min

Genres: Biography, Drama

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