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Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2010)

Like others before me when I initially heard about this project I wondered what could a director as talented as David Fincher see in a Facebook movie? (I thought this was just a project to keep him busy before his take on "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo".)
What Finch & writer Aaron Sorkin saw was an epic tale about human triumph & tragedy set in the digital age & pretty much encompassed in one man's soul. And now we see one of the very best films of the year. I rank it along with "Se7en" & "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button" as one of Fincher's best films.
Jesse Eisenberg is spectacular as FB founder Mark Zuckerberg in the most complex performance of the year. He is an unsympathetic underdog & yet I found myself siding with him. He is not an anti-hero. I often root for anti-heroes. This guy is something different altogether. Know what? There is no small amount of Lisbeth Salander in him or his portrayal here.
But other actors shine here too: Andrew Garfield & Justin Timberlake (yeah, that Timberlake) hit it out of the park as the burned partner & the Svangeli.
Sorkin's script is a marvel of fast-paced dialog & is funny as hell. I never thought I'd be laughing as much as I did here. This is, by far, Fincher's funniest film.
Jeff Cronenweth's cinematography carries on his father's legacy proudly. The score by Trent Reznor & co. is the most inventive since Hans Zimmer's & James Newton Howard's "The Dark Knight".