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The Social Network

You don't get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies

Facebook is the world's most popular social web site. Well, for now, anyway. However controversy has dogged the founders since the beginning, as different people and their ideas played a part in its birth. Some of these people were sidelined and resorted to the courts once they smelled the megabuck. This is that story. Would you like to be my friend (for now)?

120 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Sex, Drug abuse)
Biographical, Drama.

Credits

Cast

Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Bryan Barter, Brenda Song, Dustin Fitzsimons, Armie Hammer, Joseph Mazzello

Director

David Fincher

Screenplay

Aaron Sorkin, from the book by Ben Mezrich

Music

Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross

Cinematography

Jeff Croneweth

Editing

Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Not available

Made in

2010

Produced by

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Michael De Luca Productions, Scott Rudin Productions, Trigger Street Productions

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Biography, drama
Language	Moderate, fairly frequent
Nudity	None
Sex	Occasional, implied strongly, action off screen moderate
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild profanity
Drug abuse	Frequent alcohol use and abuse, brief and infrequent coke snorting
Comments	A type of loose lifestyle enjoyed by college students is glamourised and could encourage younger viewers to the use of drugs and alcohol
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

International Media

Box Office (USA)Pete Hammond Fincher has taken this compelling true story and given it drama and significance well beneath its surface to create a landmark masterwork and a must-see movie event.

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert The Social Network is a great film not because of its dazzling style or visual cleverness, but because it is splendidly well-made.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson No recent film conveys the pleasures and pitfalls of human conversation with the same enthusiasm or fascination as director David Fincher and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin’s fiendishly clever docudrama about the roundelay of alliances and betrayals that surrounded the birth of Facebook.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Terrific and completely engaging film.

Metacritic.com42 critics

RottenTomatoes.com244 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, The Social Network is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest.

Internet (IMDB)20575 Netizens Fincher's best since Fight Club

Average .. 90%

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