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The Circle

2017

James Ponsoldt

Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Karen Gillan ...

5.0

10,601

Sci-Fi. Thriller When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity of a lifetime. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes, begin to affect ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"'The Circle' is a fascinating but chilly parable, a film for the head rather than the heart"
		Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"It's plain (...) You’re also left with oodles and oodles of bad acting and bad dialogue."
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Charlie Brooker's 'Black Mirror' TV series may be better equipped (...) [It] is the kind of 'issue'-inflected entertainment that could stimulate some thought about the services we use and which use us online."
		Stephanie Zacharek Time	"Internet privacy is an issue of massive concern to all of us. Now there’s an almost wholly pointless movie about it (...) Watson is reasonably charming at first but annoying by the end"
		Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"It’s hard to make a film that’s critical of digital technology without sounding like a square. It’s this uphill battle that 'The Circle' fights for a little while, then loses about halfway through."
		Sam Adams Slate	"[It] is like 'Black Mirror' meets 'Silicon Valley' - except it’s neither funny nor frightening (...) The movie’s characterizations are broad and bland"
		Alan Scherstuhl Village Voice	"[It is] more smart than its most fierce detractors will admit but also still a little clumsy."
		Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"Big Brother turns into a bit of a bore in 'The Circle,' and there's not an app for that (...) A middling, choppily edited mess"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"'The Circle' is all juicy potential and precious little else (...) As a thriller, there’s a crushing lack of suspense (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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