Computer programmer isn’t the typical occupation of Hollywood’s heroes and villains. All the more reason “The Social Network” goes out of its way to blur the truth about the creation of Facebook.

In what seems like an impossible feat for even the most talented filmmakers, director David Fincher (“Fight Club,” “Zodiac”) and “West Wing” writer extraordinaire Aaron Sorkin have crafted a thoroughly entertaining and meaningful film about something as mundane as making a web site.

For all its characters, multiple perspectives and flashbacks, “The Social Network” operates on a core premise: The man who created a web site about making friends isn’t very good at keeping them in real life.

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