Seeking out the
5000 greatest films
in a century of cinema
The Social Network
Directed by
David Fincher
Produced by Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin, and Dana Brunetti
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
Produced by Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin, and Dana Brunetti
Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin Based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich
With:
Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Brenda Song, Rashida Jones, Dustin Fitzsimons, Wallace Langham, Trevor Wright, Rooney Mara, John Getz, Douglas Urbanski, and Aaron Sorkin
Cinematography:
Jeff Cronenweth
Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Music: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Editing: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
Music: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Runtime:
120 min
Release Date: 01 October 2010
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Release Date: 01 October 2010
Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1
Color: Color
Fincher and Sorkin pull off the impossible by making this potentially embarrassing docudrama about the creator of Facebook into a fictionalized account as significant, if less cinematically powerful, as All the President's Men. While Mark Zuckerberg never rises to the level of either a heroic or a tragic figure, Jesse Eisenberg (who I didn't think capable of embodying a character other than the role he was born to play in The Squid and the Whale) makes this sad techno genius into a deeply compelling character.