Friend Zone

Rating: 10/10 (15 April 2020)

2 unbelievably spellbinding hours. The Social Network is one of the best films of the 2010's. A film emblematic of the cold, cutthroat word of tech as we know it. Unlike most biopics about influential people, The Social Network does not portray Mark Zuckerberg as inspiring. You could call him an antihero, but that would suggest that the audience likes him enough to sympathize with him. Zuckerberg is a villain. A villain that won. The Social Network tells a story of injustice, with enough self-awareness to know that despite the damning details, it won't matter a wit. Zuckerberg created Facebook and there's not a thing anyone can do about it. In that sense, there's an irony to the story. It's a film about a social network built on the premise of friendship, that was forged in a avalanche of broken friendships. If that weren't enough, Zuckerberg is seen here as an obnoxious sociopath. The opposite of anyone to be friends with. David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin were a match made in heaven. It's Sorkin's most biting and cynical written work, paired with the green, gloomy visual realm that only Fincher is known for. Jesse Eisenberg is Zuckerberg, and it's the role of his career. I don't know what it says about him that he can play this character so well. One would hope he's nicer than this in person.