Recommended if you like dramas with comedy elements and are interested in Zuckerbergs story

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2018)

Finally came around to watching the most popular movie about mr. Zuckerberg and the founding of his little website..
The film opens with Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) at Harvard University in 2003. Mark was just dumped by his girlfriend Erica (Rooney Mara) for being a jerk. His reaction to this is to post insulting things about her on his blog while simultaneously hacking the University database to illegally download pictures of all the female members and drinking lots of beers. With the help of his best friend Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) he uses the downloaded pictures to create the website "Facemash" (which ranks two girls and the user picks the hottest), which is so popular that in a short time it crashes the whole University computer network. The University is not pleased but Mark's website did draw the attention of three Harvard upper-class members, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and their business partner Divya Narendra, who have an idea for a social network featuring exclusive Harvard members and aimed at dating. They ask if Mark likes to join their project as a programmer.
Mark agrees to work on their project but then starts to create his own online social network called 'thefacebook', funded with the help of Eduardo and leaves the Narendra and the Winklevoss brothers in the dark of what he is really doing. When he launches thefacebook website it immediately becomes a success, which infuriates the Winklevoss brothers who blame him for stealing their idea. Things get more and more tense when thefacebook grows and Mark draws the attention of playboy and Napster founder Sean Parker (Justin Timberlake), who would like to work with him and make it a billion dollar project..
Overall this is a good movie; I really liked the chemistry between the main characters (Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield, who stole the movie for me) and it's story kept me watching even though you already know what happens (I guess everybody knows what Facebook is during this day and age). The supporting cast did a fine job as well and I was surprised by the performance of Justin Timberlake (or was he just acting as himself..? ). The message of the movie is clear (the young techs are coming!) and it leaves it to the viewer to make up your mind about Zuckerberg true intentions.
What bugged me the most in this movie is that they portrayed Zuckerberg as a lonely nerd and that he was still lovesick about some girl he dated years ago. The real Zuckerberg was in a relationship during the time this movie takes place and he married his girlfriend in 2012, which is a huge difference with the Zuckerberg we see in the movie. It's also interesting that they tell the story in a flashback style with the courtroom being the present time but it's sometime a little bit difficult to follow what event happened first. But despite this it's a fine movie with good acting, some comedy moments and an interesting story about how one of the biggest websites ever was founded.
Check out this film if you like dramas with some comedy elements and are interested in Zuckerbergs story and the rise of Facebook. But don't expect it to be 100% accurate. (as is usual in biography's)