The Social Reckoning

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A companion piece to the hit film, The Social Network, Sorkin's original screenplay tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.

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An urgent warning that feels like it's arriving a little too late, Aaron Sorkin's spiritual sequel to one of his crowning achievements is a worthwhile critique of social media's omnipresence that nonetheless pales in comparison to its predecessor.

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Adam Nayman

The Ringer

4 days ago

Watching The Social Reckoning won’t kill you, but it won’t make you stronger, either. The best-case scenario, perhaps, is that it prompts you to pick up a newspaper or listen to a podcast.

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David Fear

Rolling Stone

4 days ago

It’s a compilation of the best and the worst of Sorkin, bellowed into a microphone that’s giving off a tad too much feedback.

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Annie Berke

The New Republic

4 days ago

The Social Reckoning is a journalism movie that feels like a play, and a didactic one at that.

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Prashanth Vallavan

The New Indian Express

1 hr ago

2.5/5

The film shows you characters being rattled by these awful findings on social media impact. But its field of vision is so narrow that except for the business reasons given by Zuckerberg and team, it is hard to understand why the radicalisation happened...

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Rachit Gupta

Filmfare

1 hr ago

4/5

If The Social Network was Fincher's cold, glossy interpretation of Sorkin's words, The Social Reckoning is Sorkin unfiltered. It is talky, yes, and angrier, but it never loses sight of the human stakes behind the data leaks and Congressional hearings.

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Hadley Freeman

Sunday Times (UK)

4 hrs ago

2/5

The story of Facebook is that of a mind-warping phenomenon and a mendacious man behind it. It’s a perfect story for Sorkin the writer, if only Sorkin the director would get out of his way.

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Tony

9 hrs ago

It showed me why im addicted to FB.

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David

12 hrs ago

Great movie. Worth the watch.

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Shawn H

13 hrs ago

It’s was a little look e slow but wasn’t that bad.

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Barbara G

22 hrs ago

Excellent! The story was well presented, very compelling. Great acting and directing!! Bravo

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Tony C

23 hrs ago

Lacks the urgency and overall quality that made the social network an instant classic.

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Russ G

1 day ago

Very eye opening! Excellent

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Synopsis

A companion piece to the hit film, The Social Network, Sorkin's original screenplay tells the true story of how Frances Haugen (Mikey Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (Jeremy Allen White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.

Director: Aaron Sorkin
Producer: Todd Black, Peter Rice, Aaron Sorkin, Stuart M. Besser
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures, Alcon Entertainment
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 9, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 52m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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