The Social Network, the movie about Facebook, is receiving favorable reviews from critics, as its stars launches a relatively high profile campaign for a strong opening late this week. 

Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield was seen in ABC's Good Morning America in New York City, early this week to promote their latest film. Timberlake had been engaged in a series of press conferences where aong others, he admitted that he himself is not social-network savvy despite portraying Sean Parker on-screen.

Favorable reviews for The Social Network will also help its goal for a strong opening in the United States.  Rotten Tomatoes has given it a 100% rating in their Tomatometer with the Village Voice saying: "The Social Network succeeds, per journalism's most basic directive, in showing not telling. And like great journalism, a great film can capture the reality of the present -- and even make art out of it." 

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Eighty-two percent (82%)  of Rotten Tomatoes and Flixster users said they would want to see the film, while a weak minority of 3,533 says they are not interested. Such is The Social Network's popularity that it prompted Jen Chaney of Washington Post to ask if the movie's success would hurt Facebook business, after Mark Zuckerberg came across as "an opportunistic, speed-talking, insecure little weasel" as portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg.

But then again, Chaney notes: "Microsoft and Apple seem to have gotten along just fine since "Pirates of Silicon Valley," the history of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs, aired back in 1999 on TNT. Granted, that was a TV movie that didn't capture nearly the same level of attention that "The Social Network" likely will."

The Social Network opens this Friday, October 1.

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