Writers: Aaron Sorkin (screenplay), Ben Mezrich (book)
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake
My Review:
This film is a Biography of Mark Zuckerberg, creator of the social networking site called Facebook. Zuckerberg who is an undergrad at the Harvard University is a computer genius gets a revolutionary idea to begin a social networking website in 2003. He along with Dustin Moskovitz began this project which after six years has earned him 500 million friends and the title "The youngest Billionaire". As the caption on the poster of this film says "YOU DONT GET 500 MILLION FRIENDS WITHOUT MAKING A FEW ENEMIES, this film focusses on the development of Facebook and the lawsuits filed against Zuckerberg by the Winklevoss brothers and also his friend Moskovitz.
At Harvard, Zuckerberg is recruited by Winklevoss brothers to develop a social networking websie but Zuckerberg fails. Facebook which started as a website to socialize Harvard students, was taken to public by Zuckerberg with the help of Sean Parker, Co-founder of Napster. Parker and Zuckerberg moved Facebook to the next level but Moskovitz who did not like the partnership of Parker in Facebook was left behind. Thus he files the suit against Zuckerberg. With the development of Facebook, Winklevoss brothers file a suit against Zuckerberg for Intelectual Property theft. The films potrays what happens to Zuckerberg and Moskovitz.
The film has been nominated for 8 oscars this year.Mark Zuckerberg role was played by Jesse Eisenberg, who acted in films like Beyond all boundaries, Zombieland etc, has given a stand out performance. His performance as Zuckerberg has earned him the OSCAR Nomination and Globes Nomination. David Fincher who has directed famous films like Fight Club, The Game, Se7en has also won the OSCAR nomination for Best Director(a favourite to win the award) and has won the Globes for The Social Network.
My Rating: 8.6/10
Recommendation: Must Watch!!
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