Here is My Movie Review of The Circle

 

Here is My Movie Review of The Circle

So basically what happened that you have this woman named Mae Holland and she gets this job at this tech company called The Circle and it's barely this place where you're being watched 24/7 and at first she doesn't mind the job she actually likes it but then she starts the real way that the circle has some dark and disturbing secrets about it and she also at the deal with the fact that her father Vinnie Holland has a muscular dystrophy She has to do everything that's power to try to find a cure for him and that's basically what the story is for the film and It is so weird because it doesn't make any sense but at the same time the storyline is just not really Interesting because nothing really much happens in the storyline and in the film not much happens. 

Now the acting Is not really good because a lot of the actors are just underutilized or they just have nothing to do. The script doesn't give them good material to work with and what's really disappointing is that this has a lot of awesome actors who are very much really talented. They are just here to play really bland and unmemorable characters. 

Emma Watson plays Mae Holland  In the film. I have to say her performance was not bad but just really flat. I guess she is the only actor in the film that gives a decent performanceI. But the character of May Holland is so bland and so unmemorable because she at first likes working at The Circle but then she starts to question what the purpose of it is. Then she has to take care of her father Vinnie Holland who has muscular dystrophy. The scene she see her friend Mercer dies in a car accident And it just comes off as very sappy and no dramatic because you have to love the feel bad for but in this film you simply don't because out of character Mea Holland is really unlikable  Because she is so self-centered as a character that you don't really care for her in the film. The chemistry between her and Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Karen Gilligan, Bill Paxton Is decent. 

Tom Hanks Plays Eamon Bailey In the film. Now his performance is really flat because he almost has nothing to do and what's weird is that the trailers and when you look at the poster you'll think that Tom Hanks will be in this film more but he is not he's only like I say like five scenes but most of it he's off to the side and what's really disappointing is that Tom Hanks is a tremendous actor I like him in movies like the Toy Story films Castaway and the Greyhound. But in this it feels like he is sleepwalking. Now I will admit he is trying to give a good performance but due to the really bad script he doesn't really do much in the film. Also keep in mind he is  playing the main villain in the film, this evil CEO owner of The Circle but yet he doesn't really do anything and this is why Tom Hanks doesn't play a lot of villains because when you look at him you don't think of him as a villain. But when you look at actors like Gary Oldman and Bill Nighy and you're like yeah that's a villain actor. But when you look at Tom Hanks you're like Oh he's way too nice to play a villain and that is exactly the case in the film. But the character of Eamon Bailey is really weird because he's obsessed with the idea of having no privacy to him employees he believes that If you don't have privacy your life will get better and he's not even anything other than each other guy that gives like monologue the scene wouldn't introduce itself It's so bland and it doesn't really contribute much to the story. The chemistry between him and Emma Watson is okay. 

However the most wasted actor in this entire movie is John Boyega as Tyler  In the film. I have to say his performance is probably the most branded out of everybody because he just gives exposition and feel like he sleepwalking throughout the performance and what's really disappointing is that John Boyega is a very talented actor if you watch him in the small acx series in Red White and Blue or if you watch him in Imperial Dreams you can tell that he is very talented as an actor but in this movie much like Tom Hanks he doesn't do anything he's just there to give exposition. But the character of Tyler is just bland; he was just there to give exposition; he is supposed to be May Holland's friend but he just doesn't really do anything. The chemistry between him and Emma Watson is fine. 

Karen Gilligan plays May's best friend Annie and much like everybody else in this film she is wasted she doesn't really do much in her performance to feel like she is Just wanted to do this movie just for a paycheck and then feel like she wasn't really happy when she did this film and again Karen Gilligan is a terrific actress If you seen her in the MCU as Nebula she is very talented or if you seen her in The Call The Wild as Mercedes It showed that she they tremendous actress who can give really powerful and entertaining performances. But the character of Annie is just so flat and unmemorable. She's just there to be May Holland's best friend and that's it. There's not much I could say About her because she's just that flattened forgettable. The same where they talk in the bathroom is just weird. It's just there to Give Expedition and that's it. The chemistry between her and Emma Watson is okay. 

Patton Oswalt plays Tom Stenton In the film.Now much like I said with everybody else he's just completely wasted in this film He had nothing to do and it feels like he was just there to get a paycheck much like Karen Gilligan It feels like he also didn't want to be in this film. What's really disappointing is that the rest of this cast is very talented, like if you watch him In Ratatouille as Remy or if you've seen him in In the secret life of Pets 2  he is a very talented actor. The character of Tom Stenton Is nothing, he's just there much like the rest of the character just to give exposition about the workplace The Circle and that's it that's all he is Therefore just to give exposition. The same way  introducing himself to Mea Holland is just there to Introduce the two characters so he  gives exposition to her and it is just there Pad   out the runtime with unnecessary filler. The chemistry between him and Emma Watson is okay. 

Bill Paxton Plays Mea Holland's father Vinnie Holland In the film. Much like I said with everybody else his performance is just very bland and unmemorable because he has nothing to do in this entire movie. He's just there to give exposition. That's his entire performance throughout this entire film. Now much I said about everybody else In the film Bill Paxton  they are really talented actors if you watch him in Apollo 13 as Fred Haise or if you watch him in Titanic as Brock Lovett. You can tell that he is a very talented and terrific actor. But the character of  Vinnie Holland  Is ain't nothing character because all he is is the guy with muscular dystrophy who is really sick and needs help to get better and that's his entire character he doesn't really deal much in the film. The scene where he tells his darn Mea Holland that she needs to quit the job with just really bland and unnecessary filler. The chemistry between him and Emma Watson is fine. 

The directing by James Ponsoldt Is really  weird and really bad because I don't know what he wants this film A drama about a woman caring for a dad or a sci-fi film about how technology came bigger I just don't really get in the message of the film is that technology is evil it could be taking over the universe and it just does not make any sense the characters he tried to flush out don't really do anything. I have to say he does a really bad job of directing the film.

So in conclusion  this was a really bad film because the characters were very boring. The actors are really talented but they just have nothing to do in this entire movie they're pretty much under utilized for the whole film. The message in this movie is really bad. This is probably in my top 10 worst films of 2017. It is probably in My Top 20 Least Favorite Films. I suggest you skip this movie because it is really bland and not really interesting. If you want to watch a better movie about technology then go watch Searching with John Cho. It's the lot more entertaining and all the actors have a lot more to do in that film. I give this movie a 2/10.