by Miguel Concepcion, October 1, 2010
There is every reason to suspect that The Social Network follows the now-worn out narrative path of a revenge-of-the-nerd tale that is practically synonymous with any chronicle of a successful tech company. Yet what director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin manage to pull off is a much deeper, darker story. Not only is this essential viewing for anyone who has made a dime off the Internet but also captures the 21st century zeitgeist in ways that no movie has ever done.
The film hits the ground running with a pre-Facebook Mark Zuckerberg, superbly portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg, in midst of a break-up with B.U. student Erica Albright, played by Rooney Mara. His social ineptitude propels him to not only blog harshly about his break-up, but to also create a Hot-or-Not inspired site featuring female students, crashing the Harvard servers within hours. This soon draws the attention of three upperclassmen who approach Mark with the idea of a social website that would inspire Facebook.
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