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The Social Network

The Social Network is the biopic of Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg solid as ever) and his rise from virgin geek to world’s youngest billionaire. Re: being the “creator” of Facebook – well that was the topic of much legal discussion which is at the core of enormous tension that made putting this story on film worthwhile. Facebook’s small beginnings were at Harvard University when Zuckerberg’s hacking abilities caught the attention of macho ken-doll rowing team brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Armie Hammer and Josh Pence) who had an idea for on campus communication. They said what ended up as Facebook was their idea and sued for intellectual property when the site went viral. More lawsuits followed from Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield) after Zuckerberg fell under the spell of slimy Napster creator Sean Parker (a marvellously oily Justin Timberlake). Ironically, legions of people globally volunteer their lives online daily thanks to Zuckerberg’s genius but until now not much has been known about this chippy brainiac. More ironic is that it’s one thing for the nerds to come up on top in a Hollywood script but to triumph in real life is a breakthrough in social engineering.

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