Underwhelming

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2010)

I am a HUGE fan of all of Aaron Sorkin's work. I loved the West Wing. The American President is one of my favorites. So I went with high hopes - expecting something like Charlie Wilson's War (Sorkin's last movie).
Boy, was I disappointed. In traditional Sorkin-style, it was written with "walk and talk" and fast-paced dialogue. There was flash-forward and flash-backward moments (random and disjointed). I was mostly disappointed with the actors they chose for the parts - come on, Justin Timberlake? I mean, really? Didn't like Jesse Eisenberg either. I don't think the real Mark Zuckerberg could be that much of a douchebag in real life, like they made him out to be in the movie. He practically had no personality or emotion at all. I didn't find the movie engaging at all...the plot left a lot to be desired and I was very disinterested. I wasn't expecting it to be "The Facebook Movie", but I did expect a whole lot more than that. I guess its hard to make a legal deposition into a full-length movie script...and this just proves that fact. If you thought the trailers for this movie were a little "thin", then you were right. You aren't missing anything.