Mark Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) – The Social Network
Those who can truly change the world today don’t even need to get dressed in the morning. The internet acts as a perfect portal to the widest imaginable audience, and it can be controlled by the most personal interface available.
When David Fincher announced he was directing the ‘Facebook Movie’, everyone universally scoffed, but then we watched it. Not only is The Social Network one of the most important and essential pictures of the last decade – a modern-day Citizen Kane if you will – it also houses one of the most brilliantly balanced portraits in Jesse Eisenberg. His portrayal of entrepreneurial wunderkind Mark Zuckerberg is one weighted by wit, intelligence and critical resilience, and yet it still feels tender, profound and irrevocably lonely.
Even after he conquered the world, secured his position as the youngest billionaire in history and connected people from all ways and walks of life, he still slumps in his chair, refreshes his Facebook page and hopes that the very special friend he desires bothers to accept his friend request.
