Another one of the stellar works by the acclaimed director David Fincher, The Social Network traces the journey of the origination of Facebook by Mark Zuckerberg. Although the film is deemed to be ‘not so historically accurate’, it definitely captures the essence of the characters and is backed by a very powerful and potent screenplay by Aaron Sorkin which is said to be a combination of facts and fiction. The film revolves around the two lawsuits filed against the founder director by the Winklevoss twins and his business partner Eduardo Saverin respectively. Boasting of three oscars in its kitty, the film very successfully paints a naked, not so flattering picture of Zuck but at the same time it also draws on the extraordinary intellect and outstanding wit of the protagonist. The film goes back and forth in time and strictly sticks to the entrepreneur life of Zuckerberg, staying free from any other domain.

The narrative of the film revolves around how the idea of an online community friends book was brought up by the Winklevoss twins- seniors of Mark Zuckerberg in Harvard University, who then developed it into a better website and came up with ‘The Facebook’ as it was then called. The origin and subsequent popularity of the website led to a lawsuit filed against Zuckerberg by the Winklevoss twins as they charged him for intellectual property theft. In a series of double crossing events and twisted business deals, Eduardo Saverin- co-founder and business partner of Zuckerberg also felt duped, who also went on to file another lawsuit against Zuckerberg. The film mostly has visuals of the courtroom depositions and the dorm room sequences where Mark is developing the website in flashback sequences. Sorkin has done brilliant work in writing the screenplay because even though you can see the debauchery and selfishness of the protagonist, you are encouraged to empathise with him and forgive him by the end of the film. All said and done, it won’t be wrong to say that it is an entertainment packed and an interesting documentation of the history of Facebook.