Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) invents Facebook which results in countless lawsuits and ruined friendships.
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It's been a little over a year since The Social Network first entered our cinematic consciousness. And since there are no more awards to be courted, perhaps now we can really look at this film for what it is without all the hyperbole of it being a film that "defined a generation". This isn't a film about "how technology is winning the battle against actual human contact, creating a nation of narcissists shaping their own reality like a Facebook page." The technology is inconsequential. Simply put, this is a story about children desperately trying to be adults, and the damage this can do to one's soul. Long after Facebook has shuffled loose the digital coil, this film will still be relevant, because it is about people.
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