The Social Network itself describes how Facebook started on the basis of chance conducted by Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) when creating a website in an attempt to release his anger on Erica Albright (Rooney Mara), a former girlfriend who had just decided himself that night. Mark would not be surprised he made the site has gained much attention from all students of Harvard University. Once the amount of attention that is obtained by artificial site Mark, he then offered a project to create a social networking site to connect each student at Harvard by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Armie Hammer and Josh Pence). Unexpectedly, Mark then develop the idea and actually make a site that later would be known as Facebook.
This of course makes Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss into a rage because he thought Mark had stolen their brilliant ideas. Especially when it is released to the public, Facebook was able to achieve little market in a short amount of time. At the same time, up and then grew into a company with a bright future. Growth up himself then affect Mark's relationship with his best friend, Eduardo Saverin (Andrew Garfield), which is also listed as one of the founders of Facebook. Various personal and legal problems is then colored up in its development into one of the largest Internet sites in the world.
Unfortunately, towards the end, the story of The Social Network as a story slowly feels exhausting and filled with scenes that are too ordinary when compared with scenes from the story that had been outlined at the beginning. Attention script a story that originally centered on the character of Mark Zuckerberg also split to several supporting characters that really do not need to be described in detail. Even so, slowly, the script work of Sorkin and then managed to increase the intensity back to a satisfactory ending.
From the acting department, Fincher did a very good decision to give a major role in this film to Jesse Eisenberg. Besides having several physical characteristics that are similar to Mark Zuckerberg, Fincher was able to make referrals Eisenberg shine as a person who has a brilliant brain but has a very limited ability to socialize with the various human characters that exist in the vicinity. Eisenberg appearance on The Social Network is one of the best character portrayal in this year.