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The Circle

2017, drama, science fiction, suspense

110 minutes

A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and actions will...

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7.0

Hamish Calvert of HCMovieReviews

2017-07-10

Still manages to be a thought provoking piece on privacy, technology & communication. Read more

7.0

Jeremy Lebens of The Daily Rotation

2017-04-28

A savvy piece of social commentary. Unfortunately, the film's script is a bit dull. Read more

7.0

Bob Mann of One Mann's Movies

2017-11-05

Overall a thought provoking piece sufficiently close to the truth as to where society is going to raise the hairs on your neck. Read more

6.0

Don Shanahan of Every Movie Has a Lesson

2017-04-28

As preposterous as it really is, the intriguing topical parallels from Dave Eggers’s source novel are appealingly fascinating. Read more

6.0

Richard Alaba of CineMuseFilms

2017-08-11

Modernises Orwell’s 1984 into a techno-dystopia with a core premise that is not as absurd as some might think. Read more

6.0

Konstantinos Pappis of FilmView

2017-07-26

May leave you unsatisfied, but that’s probably because it holds your attention in the first place.

6.0

Rick Swift of Film Grouch

2017-04-30

Lacked a kind of edge I was expecting going in, and it wasn’t as thrilling as I was hoping. Read more

5.8

Alex Brannan of CineFiles Movie Reviews

2017-04-28

It may not rise to the level of getting under the skin as it intends to, but it tows the line between satire and the dread of an earnest thriller well. Read more

5.0

David McGinnis of Fellowship of the Screen

2017-04-29

Sloppy writing hamstrings an all-star cast... Read more

5.0

George Wolf of Maddwolf

2017-04-28

While the film takes on a serious and credible subject, it only seems interested in diving surface deep. Read more

4.0

Chris Agar of Screen Rant

2017-04-28

Bolstered by a fascinating premise and solid performances, but doesn’t bring anything new to the table... Read more

4.0

Stern Galvonsky of Stern Reviews

2017-05-02

There are genuine and important tech implications worthy of discussion. Oh well. Maybe Black Mirror will address them.

4.0

Jeremie Sabourin of Cinema Smack

2017-04-30

It’s an interesting concept that somehow lost its way in execution. Read more

2.5

Kenny Howell of Beboti

2018-04-21

It was a dumb move, and the movie follows along on that dumb path.

2.0

Filipe Freitas of Always Good Movies

2017-07-28

On top of ineffective, intellectually limited, and emotional parched, the film is way too long, lacking proper tension and fluent narrative. Read more

2.0

Shannon Schultz of DoubleFeaturePreachers

2017-09-05

I didn’t feel like I wasted my time, but I wouldn’t recommend this movie. Read more

2.0

Alice Bishop of Alice Bishop

2017-09-17

A film without depth, a film without substance, a film without soul, a film without patience, a film without character or context or chic...

0.0

David Whitley of DoubleFeaturePreachers

2017-09-05

Terrible and boring, focusing on some of the most pointless of all conversations. Read more