Actor Jesse Eisenberg has made his mark in front of the camera for over two decades, either as the eponymous creator of Facebook in The Social Network or in more mainstream fare that saw him go bald as DC’s Lex Luthor. Although his career has tended to plough its own furrow, he has periodically deviated into commercial territory, most notably with Zombieland and its follow-up Double Tap. Those detours aside, he remains most effective in low-key character pieces, opposite actors like Jason Seigel in The End of The Tour. Elsewhere Eisenberg has made consistently solid contributions to projects like Richard Ayoade’s adaptation of The Double and Kelly Reinhardt’s environmental thriller Night Moves. For that reason, it is no surprise that he should choose a small character-driven story as his directorial debut When You Finish Saving the World.
