Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network. By Hap ErsteinThere is no dominant front-runner for this year’s Best Picture Oscar, but you would never know that from the polls of the Florida Film Critics Circle and the Southeastern Film Critics Association (the two groups I belong to as a voting member).Both tapped The Social Network, David Fincher’s account of the founding … [Read more...]
Film review: ‘Social Network’ talky, but a must-see morality tale
Andrew Garfield and Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network.By Hap ErsteinThe central irony of The Social Network is that while the website Facebook was devised to bring friends together, it split longtime friends among its creators apart.Populated with hyper-smart, glibly articulate characters based on real people, this is that rare studio release that allows itself to … [Read more...]