It moves at a pace, and with sublime central performances by Eisenberg, Garfield and Justin Timberlake, it will have you gripped right up until the credits roll.
It tells the story of the founding of Facebook, including all the backstabbing and legal battles that went on behind the scenes, in such succinct, understandable terms, while making sure that the focus at all times remains on the central relationship which led to it all.Ĭharting the rise of an impossible yet oft-times brilliant head of a corporation has almost become a sub-genre of its own, but this was one of the originals and the best. The film that catapulted both Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield into the big time, while also solidifying David Fincher's status as one of the greatest directors working today, The Social Network is a masterpiece. Jesse Eisenberg in Columbia Pictures' 'The Social Network.'
