Following The Social Reckoning’s release this past weekend, reviews from both critics and audiences have debuted.

The film serves as a spiritual sequel to 2010’s The Social Network, with Aaron Sorkin, the screenwriter of The Social Network, returning to write the screenplay and taking over the director’s chair from David Fincher. The film stars Anora actress Mikey Maddison as Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, who, along with Wall Street Journal journalist Jeff Horwitz, played by Jeremy Allen White, works to reveal Facebook’s negatives towards society. The film also stars Wumni Mosaku, Bill Burr, Billy Magnussen, and Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg.

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a critics’ score of 55%. Audiences, however, seem to favor the film more than critics, with a fresh 73% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. How does this score compare to The Social Network? The Social Network was one of the most critically acclaimed films at its 2010 release, and its Rotten Tomatoes score reflects that. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a Certified Fresh 96% critics’ score and an 87% audience score. The Social Network is often cited as one of the best films of the 2010s, and it earned multiple Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing.

The Social Reckoning’s much more mixed reaction comes from critics praising Sorkin’s strong writing and the film’s call-to-action plot about the harms of social media and the rising power of tech giants like Facebook, but also criticizing the film for its occasional didacticism. Annie Berke of The New Republic said of the film, “The Social Reckoning is a journalism movie that feels like a play, and a didactic one at that.” Similarly, David Fear at Rolling Stone said of the film, “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.”

Other reviews criticize Sorkin’s direction, calling it a downgrade to David Fincher’s Oscar-nominated direction on The Social Network. Matt Singer, ScreenCrush film critic, said of the film, “Serving as his own director in The Social Reckoning, Sorkin hasn’t made a good movie, but he did produce one hell of a commercial for David Fincher’s talents.”

Audiences can decide for themselves what they think of the film, asit’ss currently playing in theaters.