The Circle (2017) (original) (raw)

A woman lands a job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, where she becomes involved with a mysterious man.

A woman lands a job at a powerful tech company called the Circle, where she becomes involved with a mysterious man. (less)

Director: James Ponsoldt
Writers: James Ponsoldt, Dave Eggers
Starring: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Karen Gillan, John Boyega, Bill Paxton, Patton Oswalt
Producer: Gary Goetzman

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Review by Brian Orndorf, April 28, 2017

4 / 10

�The Circle� had a shot at greatness. An adaptation of a 2013 novel by Dave Eggers, the story inspects a modern age of online permission and surveillance, imagining a Google/Facebook-style company as an evil empire trying to take over the world under the guise of honest exposure, gifting users the chance to live an idyllic life free of secrets and solitude. It�s a sinister plot, perhaps already a reflection of the world we live in, but the film version of the Eggers book runs into serious trouble with tone and editorial finesse, almost reaching cartoon extremes with incidents and disasters tha ...read more...

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