Inspirational story but imperfectly packaged.

Rating: 7/10 (31 October 2010)

On seeing the trailer initially I thought 'who the hell thought about making a movie about Facebook'. Yet after discussing it with friends, I thought it was worth a try and seeing another trailer made me warm to the idea of going.
As someone with Asperger's as Zuckerberg is portrayed (without a name for the personality traits) in the movie, it is an inspiration tale of an Aspie doing something with their talents and also it's great to see him being so AS and yet not caring too much (college has brought me a lot of anxiety on that one, so it was therapeutic to see someone with more confidence in a movie). Aside for the therapeutic, happy tone of the movie for me, I find the film making does leave a bit to be desired. The long legal scenes are extremely tedious however I guess there wasn't any way to make the movie without emphasising that aspect of setting up Facebook. Thankfully the vignette technique made it more bearable and the dialogue in the college scenes made the characters really endearing and it was good to watch.
Overall, if you're interested in tales of creativity and can put up with some tedious elements of the film then it's worthy cinema night choice, for someone who is interested in these kinds of stories. I don't know if it'll go down as a classic or not; for me it's brilliant, but only in some elements of it.