The Social Reckoning review: Aaron Sorkin's dreadful Facebook follow
The Globe and Mail reviews Aaron Sorkin's new film 'The Social Reckoning,' criticizing it as a poor follow-up to 'The Social Network.' The reviewer argues the film fails to capture the complexity of its subject matter.
Why it matters
Provides critical cultural commentary on the portrayal of Big Tech in modern cinema.
While Jeremy Strong gives over his entire self to play the role of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning, it is still not enough, Hertz writes. Leah Gallo/The Associated Press
Starring Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White and Jeremy Strong
It is not particularly hard to hate Facebook.
Indeed, it wouldn’t take a Harvard scholar par Winklevoss to make the case that Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media behemoth just might be the 21st century’s most disastrous invention, an addictive vessel of late-stage capitalism that feeds on and amplifies humanity’s very worst instincts. The fact that I can’t even share this movie review on Facebook because of the corporation’s bully-like beef with the Canadian government doesn’t help its cause. But really, you don’t have to go searching for reasons to disavow the service. The experience of using Facebook is the case against Facebook.
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