4. All The Social Network Got Right Was The Wardrobe
As is apparently a running theme throughout biopics that can't handle the truth, it's not a good start when your source material has been widely debunked. Journalist Ben Mezrich has frequently been criticised for his non-fiction books which imagine conversations he could never have been privy to, and printing them as if they really happened, as well as including all sorts of titillating rumours. No matter if they actually happened. In fact, according to Mark Zuckerberg himself, Mezrich's book on the early days of Facebook had little relation to reality. A running topic in the book is outrageous, misogynistic frat parties attended by the main players, something which nobody involved agrees happened. But they would say that, eh? All of that was in the film adaptation, too. In fact, The Social Network adds even more stuff that never really happened. That ex-girlfriend who inspires Zuckerberg to start the site in the first place is completely fictitious, whilst other important people were cut out entirely. Those court depositions are all made up. Andrew Garfield's character is meant to be Brazilian. Zuckerbeg says all they got right was his fashion sense.
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