The Circle
STX Entertainment | Release Date: April 28, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
43
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 32 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
21
Negative:
6
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzApr 28, 2017
Has a lot of good ideas and a few engrossing sequences, but it never quite finds a groove, or even a mode, and it ends in an abrupt, unsatisfying way. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrApr 28, 2017
The dialogue is as subtle as a placard, the drama manages to be both cooked-up and dull, and the movie’s fear of brainwashed, tech-addicted millennials is so broad as to be unintentionally funny. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianApr 28, 2017
The film is a hokily melodramatic rise-fall-redemption story with a mostly unearned patina of greater significance. Read full review
38
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperApr 28, 2017
I don’t think you and I need to connect on InstaSkypeChatFaceSnapTweeterBook for you to understand I’m saying we’ve seen this movie before. It’s just usually not this smug or condescending or muddled or inconsistent. Read full review
30
ScreenCrushBritt HayesApr 29, 2017
Despite a rapidly escalating plot, The Circle lacks any momentum, a problem that’s only made worse by woefully underdeveloped characters delivering painfully earnest and stilted dialogue. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter TraversApr 28, 2017
It's a paranoid thriller without suspense, urgency or a single new thing to say. Read full review
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