Directed by David Fincher
Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Brenda Song, Justin Timberlake, Joseph Mazzello, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Patrick Mapel, John Getz, Rashida Jones

When I first heard that there was a movie in the works about Facebook.. well my thought was probably the same as everyone else's: "what?!". Shortly after I learned that Fincher was involved. Now, upon hearing news like that, you have to start thinking that maybe there is something here. After all, the man is a true force behind the camera and even a subject such as Facebook got a stylized treatment.

 Socially awkward Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg, Zombieland, The Village) is a genius with his computer and spends his time at Harvard writing code in his dorm room. Through some complicated circumstances he hits upon the idea of a social-networking site which proves to be more popular than anybody involved could've imagined. What follows is a story of investigation into the most significant internet phenomena of the 21st century and the crumbling relationships it took to get there.

 The Social Network is a film which shouldn't have worked at all. In theory. It tells the story of these somewhat boring and nerdy characters but through ingenius direction and an amazing string of performances from the cast, The Social Network works beautifully and at it's core it turns out to be a very compelling look into the dynamics of friendship or rather the lack of them while still coming together for the same agenda. I'm not surprised that this film has gathered all this attention around it and as brilliant as Eisenberg is in the lead role, for me personally it was Andrew Garfield (The Imaginarum Of Doctor Parnassus and the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man) who delivered the most memorable performance as Eduardo Saverin, the hard working but yet backstabbed collague of Zuckerberg.

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Luultavasti jokainen joka aikanaan kuuli että Facebook-sivustosta oltiin tekemässä elokuvaa, ajatteli samaa kuin allekirjoittanut: "mitä?!". Lopputulos on kumminkin jotain mitä ei voi katsella alas silmiä pyöritellen, sillä The Social Network on vahva ja erinomaisesti toteutettu draama ihmisistä kyseisen saitin taustalla ja heidän kaatuvista lojaalisuuksistaan. Ohjaaja Fincher (Fight Club, Se7en) on aikaisemminkin takertunut vaikeasti filmattaviin aiheisiin (Fight Club) ja tehnyt niistä mestariteoksia ja vaikkei tässä elokuvassa päästäkään aivan samoihin nerokkuuksien stratosfääreihin, on kyseessä silti loistava katselmus yhden 2000-luvun alun merkittävimpiin virstanpylväisiin kuuluvan sosiaalisen nettisivuston katkerasta alkutaipaleesta.

The Social Network at IMDb