"The Social Network" (2010) Directed by David Fincher

“If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you’d have invented Facebook”.

Not a fan of Facebook? Come and join my club! We serve biscuits! Not even vaguely aware of Facebook and the phenomenon it has become? Please don’t let that stop you watching this fast paced, character driven expose’ on it’s creation and it’s after effects on all concerned. At it’s core it’s a story of the development and success story that is Facebook. However it’s far more than that. Via quickly edited flashbacks, we see the historical context of the early creation of FaceMash, the development into TheFacebook and it’s eventual final guise of simply Facebook. These flashbacks come from two separate, present day court cases, both of which portray the anguish, the highs and lows and loss of friendships the development of this social network has wrought in it’s wake.

Based on Ben Mezrich’s book “The Accidental Billionaires”, Aaron Sorkin deserves great credit for adapting a tight, tense and excellent screenplay which perfectly encapsulates the time, place and achievements of this premier social networking site. He also deserves the Oscar win for his screenplay, as do Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for Best Original Score and Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall for Best Editing. I have referenced the musical choices used throughout this brief appraisal but it bears repeating as this film and time period is still fresh and relevant that tracks from Super Furry Animals, Bob Marley and the Dead Kennedy’s also appear throughout the film, in addition to the superb music throughout and the tracks already mentioned by personal favourites The White Stripes and The Beatles. The music soundtrack is highly recommended as a stand alone piece regardless of the film.

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The above opening paragraphs are taken from my original spoiler free review of "The Social Network" penned and published over a decade ago, transferred and updated on my Medium blog site and which can now be read in full and for free via my original article linked immediately below:

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