The Circle

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	Emma Watson	Mae
	Ellar Salmon	Mercer
	Glenne Headly	Bonnie
	Bill Paxton	Vinnie
	Karen Gillan	Annie
	Tom Hanks	Bailey
	Beck	Beck
	Nathan Corddry	Dan
	Mamoudou Athie	Jared
	Roger Joseph Manning Jr.	Beck Bandmate
	Joey Waronker	Beck Bandmate
	Michael Shuman	Beck Bandmate
	Nick Valensi	Beck Bandmate
	John Boyega	Ty
	Regina Saldivar	Partier
	Katie Costick	Partier
	Julian von Nagel	Julian
	Amie McCarthy Winn	Marion
	Eve Gordon	Senator Williamson
	Patton Oswalt	Stenton
	Smith Cho	Gina
	Amir Talai	Matt
	Poorna Jagannathan	Dr. Villalobos
	Judy Reyes	Congresswoman Santos
	Elvy Yost	Sabine

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Director	James Ponsoldt
Writer	James Ponsoldt, Dave Eggers
Producer	Stefanie Azpiazu, Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Sophia Dilley, Jose Fortanel, Gary Goetzman, Evan Hayes, Russell Levine, James Ponsoldt, Federica Sainte-Rose, Ron Schmidt, Alex G. Scott, Steve Shareshian, Marc Shmuger, Sally Willcox
Musician	Danny Elfman
Photography	Matthew Libatique

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My quick rating 5,3/10. I suppose this may have been a creepy story if it wasn't the world we live in RIGHT NOW. This movie had the right components being acting, but really dated material tech wise and not focusing on the actual plot well enough to develop tension brings this down. Nice to see Bill Paxton in one of his final roles, and even if rarely used, did a good job as always. It is too bad they didn't run with the whole "you have no privacy" a bit more since there is a lot more that can be done with it beyond following a woman working at google, i mean, the circle and becoming drawn into the pseduo-cult (ure) of it. The whole personality raing also eerily mimicked a recent episode from last years "black mirrors" of how your score controls your life (kinda like a credit score) but anyway, i am losing focus and plugging other things now. Not a bad movie with all the tools but just not quite as exciting as it could've been on an episode of "twilight zone" many years ago.

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