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The Social Network Movie Review
The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits.
The film stars Jesse Eisenberg as Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra. The film received critical acclaim and won several awards, including three Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing.
Plot Summary
The film begins in 2003, when Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) breaks up with his girlfriend Erica Albright (Rooney Mara) after a heated argument. He returns to his dorm room and creates a website called Facemash, which allows users to compare the attractiveness of female students. The website becomes popular, but also causes a campus-wide outage and gets Zuckerberg into trouble with the university administration.
Zuckerberg is approached by twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Hammer) and their business partner Divya Narendra (Minghella), who want him to work on their idea of a social networking site for Harvard students called Harvard Connection. Zuckerberg agrees, but secretly works on his own project with his friend Eduardo Saverin (Garfield), who provides the initial funding. They launch the site, called The Facebook, in February 2004.
The Facebook expands to other universities and attracts the attention of entrepreneur Sean Parker (Timberlake), who becomes an adviser and introduces Zuckerberg to Silicon Valley investors. Saverin becomes unhappy with the direction of the company and his role in it, especially after Parker convinces Zuckerberg to move the company to California and dilute Saverin's share. Meanwhile, the Winklevoss twins and Narendra sue Zuckerberg for stealing their idea.
The film alternates between two lawsuits: one filed by Saverin against Zuckerberg for breach of contract, and one filed by the Winklevoss twins and Narendra against Zuckerberg for intellectual property theft. The film ends with Zuckerberg settling both cases out of court, paying Saverin $650 million and giving him a 5% stake in Facebook, and paying the Winklevoss twins and Narendra $65 million. The final scene shows Zuckerberg refreshing his Facebook page, hoping for a response from Albright.
Critical Reception
The Social Network received widespread praise from critics, who praised Fincher's direction, Sorkin's screenplay, the performances of the cast, and Reznor and Ross's score. The film has a 96% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 329 reviews, with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, The Social Network is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest."
On Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has an average score of 95 out of 100, based on 47 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". It was named one of the best films of the year by 78 critics, and named the best by 22 critics, the most of any film that year. It was also chosen by the National Board of Review as the best film of 2010.
Awards and Nominations
The Social Network won numerous awards and nominations in various categories, with particular praise for its direction, screenplay, acting, editing, and score. The film won three Academy Awards out of eight nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay for Sorkin, Best Original Score for Reznor and Ross, and Best Film Editing for Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter. It also received nominations for Best Picture , Best Director for Fincher , Best Actor for Eisenberg , Best Cinematography for Jeff Cronenweth , and Best Sound Mixing for Ren Klyce , David Parker , Michael Semanick , and Mark Weingarten .
The film also won four Golden Globe Awards out of six nominations: Best Motion Picture Drama , Best Director for Fincher , Best Screenplay for Sorkin , and Best Original Score for Reznor and Ross. It also received nominations for Best Actor Drama for Eisenberg and Best Supporting Actor for Garfield .
Other awards and nominations include four BAFTA Awards out of six nominations, including Best Film and Best Director; three Critics' Choice Movie Awards out of eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director; and two Screen Actors Guild Awards out of four nominations, including Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.
References
: The Social Network (2010) - IMDb