Great Story!

Rating: 9/10 (30 December 2019)

Review:
'The Social Network' is a biographical-drama film directed by David Fincher. It is based on Ben Mezrich's 2009 book 'The Accidental Billionaires'.
Who would have thought a movie based off the creation of Facebook would be entertaining, let alone of the best movies of 2010.
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history, but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
All the performances in the movie are great. Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg, who has a fast-paced, nerdy, kind of jerk-ish attitude, and Andrew Garfield is his best friend, found me rooting for him through the whole film, even more than Mark. Justin Timberlake does a decent job but is lost among the other performances.
The direction comes from David Fincher who has had variable success, all the way from 'Alien 3' to 'Se7en', but here he is right on form with a flashy, but tightly structured, presentation that never fails to command your attention and interest. The movie keeps you on the edge of your seat, which is crazy given the context of the film. Only Fincher could make that happen.
Overall, the movie keeps your attention throughout with great performances and an intriguing story. It shows different sides of one story and how much it took to get Facebook off the ground.
4.5/5