The Social Network - Reviews

A rich, understated character drama that gleefully exposes the petty playground politics at the centre of one of the internet-era's most bitter court cases.

Sorkin and Fincher combine the excitement with a dark, insistent kind of pessimism. Smart work.

...is a great film not because of its dazzling style or visual cleverness, but because it is splendidly well-made.

...exactly what you’d expect from a David Fincher movie centered on a hired assassin: a detail-rich procedural about what a hitman is forced to do as his calculated world implodes.

... throwback to the golden age of pulp fiction.

...moves silkily between spryness and menace, uncorked bubbly and boys unsure what to do with their suddenly in-demand cocks, the brain-rattling speak of corporate takeover and the pinging pleasure of a perfectly timed zinger.

A delightfully disturbing thriller from David Fincher.

...the hero seeks to find a new way of connecting. And he succeeds, only to end up alone with everyone else.

David Fincher's assassin drama hits the mark.

...a thoroughly entertaining look at a pathetic crook—all while delivering a self-deprecating blow to clockwork living.

...may not have the impact on the world that Facebook has, but when the story is told this well, it doesn’t have to.

...it’s resolutely focused on the beginnings of Facebook, and the individual and cultural pathologies that inspired and overdetermined it.

Bang on target.