The Social Network (2010)

A good story? Check. Who among us does not have a Facebook account or know somebody who does? Well told? Double-check. Wise use of flash-backs and excellent cinematography makes an otherwise "normal" story more interesting.

Jesse Eisenberg is brilliant as Zuckerberg, the world's youngest billionaire and co-founder of Facebook. This is his story. As one telling line toward the end of the movie points out, the guy was not an asshole but he was trying very hard.

Social retards rarely realize the impact they have on others.

Another very interesting performance in this movie is by Justin Timberlake. He plays the guy who founded and lost Napster. Timberlake does a super job of showing how much impact this guy had on Facebook. Very interesting.

You don't need to have a Facebook account to understand this movie, nor do you need to understand computers or venture capitalism. But all those things will help. The dialogue is very fast and often technical or slang.

Watch this movie with someone who can explain at least 2 of the 3 things above.