This is a TV movie

Rating: 3/10 (19 May 2013)

I suppose it satisfies the American's need to feel smug and superior, but I wonder how many viewers from elsewhere are similarly impressed. This isn't because many of us either went to or have associations to universities older and more prestigious than Harvard: it's because we don't like the swagger.
I imagine those who say they don't like the movie are accused of not understanding it, but this isn't true. There isn't much to be confused about, the plot isn't complex, the issues involved in the litigations aren't difficult to understand. In fact the contrary is true, the dialogue is easy to follow when the protagonist isn't trying to impress by speaking too quickly. That's a failing of the film, by the way: I would like to think modern audiences (perhaps particularly those outside the USA) aren't impressed by the such an obvious ploy. "Gosh isn't he clever, he speaks SO quickly!" Of course it might be said the real Mark Z speaks quickly: this might be true, but he isn't in a film.
So what are we left with? A movie with all the failings of trying to impress too much. Acting which is adequate, casting which is the same, a plot which unwinds almost tediously and dialogue which would be the highlight of the film if it weren't spoken so quickly.
It's a very underwhelming experience.