At last, a movie you can actually discuss afterward. And not just on Facebook or Twitter. No, you’ll want to chew it over in person, with friends, for hours.
When was the last time that happened?
The movie would be “The Social Network,” the highly anticipated collaboration between director David Fincher (“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”) and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (TV’s “West Wing”), which has its Friday night at the gala opening of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. (The movie opens wide Oct. 1.)
The complex drama, about the founding of Facebook and the conflicting claims over who deserved credit for its invention, lives up to the hype.