The Social Reckoning
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“Did you know this was happening?”
Overview
16 years on from his acclaimed chronicle of the rise of Facebook, Aaron Sorkin’s urgent follow-up The Social Reckoning follows the true investigation and exposure of the tech giant’s algorithmic influence on humanity. When data engineer Frances Haugen’s (Mikey Madison) concerns over user safety are dismissed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg (now embodied by Jeremy Strong), she turns to Wall Street Journal investigative reporter Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White). As internal pressure rises, hate groups are emboldened and a global pandemic sweeps the world, the two risk everything to blow the whistle on the company’s malpractice and irresponsibility.
“Sorkin’s longstanding fascination with the nature of power and those who find its charms irresistible is functioning as effectively as ever, as is his flair for dialogue”
“An involving drama with lots of humor ... so effective at summing up a maddening tangle of facts and events”
“A dialogue-rich environment, salted with wit, snark and the kind of lines nobody would ever say but we all wish we could ... Mikey Madison remains brilliantly brittle-yet-empathic throughout”
Why You Should See This Film
Sorkin’s sharp and snappy peak behind the headlines is as incisive as its predecessor; this time opening the aperture from a Zuckerberg character study (the contrast between Eisenberg’s egotistical nerd and Strong’s inhuman monolith is striking) to reckon with a world the billionaire android has carelessly fostered in the name of profits. Following in the footsteps of investigative journalism dramas like All the President’s Men and Spotlight, The Social Reckoning highlights one of the great (still unresolved) scandals of our time with two stellar leads in signature Sorkin cadence to focus on the people who risked it all for the truth in all their outrage, paranoia and comradery.
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