A classic.

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2010)

In these days of special effects and parallel realities, this movie shines like a rare jewel. No fantasy worlds, no bullets, no explosions, just old-fashioned feelings. Human beings facing life, making choices and coping with the consequences. And facebook? Oh, it's a minor detail. The mcguffin, as Hitchock would call it. This movie is not about facebook, strictly speaking. It's about self identity, friendship, values. Sounds weary? But of course, this story has been told so many times! That's why this movie is great: It's so good to see that some people out there still believe that what counts is not the story but how you tell it! It's a fact: there is no new story. No matter how much make up you put on it -blue like in Avatar, or dreamy like in Inception-, every story is an old one. So you better get an amazing script to tell yours, and you might want to have some solid acting too, and of course a serious editor, and some cool music. And there you go: you have a classic.