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The Social Reckoning review – Aaron Sorkin’s jittery sequel with all-new evil puppet Zuckerberg
Jeremy Strong’s slow-talking Facebook founder turns into a cameo, background to a thriller about a whistleblower that somehow never mentions Trump Here is a film for all those people who solemnly deplore social media in conversation but haven’t quite got round to deleting their accounts.
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What the coverage shows
All four outlets focus on Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Reckoning, but they frame it differently. The Guardian US leads with a review tone, calling it a “jittery sequel” and stressing a whistleblower thriller angle, while The Atlantic says the film “lacks the most compelling element” of The Social Network. The Economist likewise treats it as a sequel that is “fatally earnest” and weaker satire, and CBS News is the outlier, using the title only as a setup for Mikey Madison interview coverage.
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