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

21 hrs 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

21 hrs 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

1 day ago

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

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Rene Sanchez

Cine Sin Fronteras

22 min ago

3/4

A timely and thought-provoking journalistic drama, anchored by a solid cast, that exposes the consequences of misinformation in the digital era. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Tatsam Mukherjee

The Wire (INDIA)

1 hr ago

It’s purely coincidence that The Social Reckoning releases in India, a day before arguably the most high-profile nationwide civilian protest to take place in the last decade.

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Dana Han-Klein

We're Watching What?!

4 hrs ago

3.7/5

Balancing education and entertainment about the intentionally engineered perils of social media is no easy feat. Sorkin gets the academic part of the story right but lacks an emotional core that parks it firmly in "decent" territory instead of "great."

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Barclay

27 min ago

Well done and reasonably true to actual events. Made me actually cry in this era where bad guys are winning too much.

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Lucas

2 hrs ago

Good movie with Fast pacing. Jeremy Allen white, Mikey Madison and Jeremy Strong deliver great strong character performances. While not a direct sequel to 2010’s The Social Network, Aaron Sorkin still delivers a great story set in the world of Facebook with this companion piece

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Steve

3 hrs ago

Kept us interested throughout.

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Johnathon

3 hrs ago

I really enjoyed Jeremy Strong’s performance as Zuckerberg but the full story felt off. I’m going to have to watch this one again.

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JDTX

14 hrs ago

A must watch especially after watching the first one. Eye opening and story telling on how Facebook really is a monster!

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Kenneth P

15 hrs ago

I went in blind, knew nothing about this incident, and had no idea this was based on real events. I thought it was boring, but because of that, there's not much you can add that could make it anymore interesting without making stuff up. Wait for streaming

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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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