This is one of those rare movies that never should have worked from the get go. Facebook: the Movie? Are you kidding me? When the project was first announced, me and everyone else ganged up on it like some of the other bad ideas floating around such as the 200 million dollar budgeted Battleship: The Movie or Monopoly, whose original idea was one of the worst movie ideas ever. I'm hoping that since the project is in turnaround that the craptastic screenplay of having a Monopoly champion enter the game board is back in the garbage where it belongs. So Facebook: the Movie sounded just as retarded. However when you combine Aaron Sorkin's rapid fire dialogue along with David Fincher as one of the best directors working today, you get this: a masterpiece. Everything works in this movie when by all counts it really shouldn't have.
Jesse Eisenberg plays Mark Zukerberg, who would become the world's youngest billionaire, to a T and a probable Oscar nod. His awkwardness and surefire brilliance are all out there and portrays a convincing character that we are never sure is a cad or manipulated by those around him. Spider man reboot actor Andrew Garfield is riveting as ex-best friend Eduardo Saverin, a guy Zukerberg throws under the bus and consequently gets sued for ripping him off and out of Facebook. Justin Timberlake proves to be a solid actor as well playing the Svengali-like Sean Parker. Kudos as well to Armie Hammie (what a name) who plays dual roles of the Winklevoss twins, another of the groups that sue Zuckerman for stealing their ideas. The movie tracks between the lawsuits brought about by Zuckerman's somewhat callous attitude and how the whole idea of Facebook came about. It shouldn't be riveting but it is.
Trent Raznor's score is pitch perfect, quite simply one of the best soundtracks I've heard in a while.
This film is going to get noticed with several Oscars for such things as best picture not out of the question. While certainly not Fincher's best work, it ranks up there with Fight Club and Seven. Incidentally, there are references hidden in the movie about Fight Club. See if you can find them. This is a must see movie and oddly enough one of the more adult films I've seen all year, tackling topics that most would have glossed over. Go to the theater to see this sprawling work. You won't be disappointed.
5 out of 5 stars.
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