The Social Network

It reviews better than it plays — admired more than it is enjoyed.

• “With a thieves den of borderline-Shakespearian characters, a wickedly literate screenplay, potent direction by David Fincher, an exceptional ensemble cast and subject matter that speaks to a generation and well beyond, The Social Network is mesmerizing.”

  Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine · 100

• “Keep your eyes on Garfield - he's shatteringly good, the soul of a film that might otherwise be without one. The Social Network is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade.”

  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone · 100

• “The film comes down to a mesmerizing portrait of a man who in any other age would perhaps be deemed nuts or useless, but in the Internet age has this mental agility to transform an idea into an empire.”

  Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter · 100

• “Continues Fincher's fascinating transition from genre filmmaker extraordinaire to indelible chronicler of our times.”

  Justin Chang, Variety · 100

• “Quite possibly the first truly great fact-based movie of the 21st century.”

  Lou Lumenick, New York Post · 100