The Social Network is an astonishing bio-epic about the birth and rearing of the revolutionary website Facebook. Though the accuracy of all events will be debated, there is no dispute that this is one of the best films of 2010.
The Social Network is bookmarked by 2 events involving the same girl. The first occurs when Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg in a career making performance), as a 2003 Harvard student, tries to connect with on-again off-again girlfriend Erica Albright (Rooney Mara). He is unsuccessful. The second occurs some years later when Zuckerberg, now the Billionaire CEO of Facebook, runs into Erica and again tries to reconnect. Again he is rebuffed. This is because Zuckerberg is still the arrogant, back-stabbing, socially inept jerk