95
Metascore
42 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Boxoffice MagazinePete HammondBoxoffice MagazinePete HammondWith 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.
- 100Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversKeep 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.
- 100The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe 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.
- 100VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangContinues Fincher's fascinating transition from genre filmmaker extraordinaire to indelible chronicler of our times.
- 100New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickQuite possibly the first truly great fact-based movie of the 21st century.
- 100Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfIt's a grandly entertaining reminder of everything we used to go to the movies for (and still can't get online): sparkling dialogue, thorny situations, soulful performances, and an unusually open-ended and relevant engagement with a major social issue of the day: how we (dis)connect.
- 100The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbyBrilliantly entertaining and emotionally wrenching.
- 100TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissThe rewards for paying attention are mammoth and exhilarating. This is a high-IQ movie that gives viewers an IQ high.
- 95MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekFincher and his screenwriter, TV writer-god Aaron Sorkin, have made a seemingly modest picture that achieves something close to greatness the old-fashioned, slow-burning way: By telling a story with faces, dialogue and body language of all types, from awkward to swaggering.
- 90The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisWhen Mr. Eisenberg makes Mark's face go blank, the character seems scarily emptied out: it's a subtly great, at times unsettling, performance.