You know what they say: If it’s too good to be true. Health care benefits are offered to both Mae and her sick father (played by the late Bill Paxton), and all of the perks also come with a high-paying salary, even though Mae works as an entry-level employee in customer service. (music by) Cinematography by Matthew Libatique. (directed by) Writing Credits ( WGA) Cast (in credits order) Produced by Music by Danny Elfman. When Annie later gives Mae a tour of her new corporate headquarters, The Circle is presented as a utopia for its employees: There’s a gym, daycare, pool, clinic, even a nightclub. The Circle (I) (2017) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by James Ponsoldt. To her good fortune, her childhood friend Annie manages to score Mae an interview at The Circle, a company that’s basically an imagined combination of Google’s omnipresence, Facebook’s gigantic global following, and 23andMe’s genetic cataloging. The movie tells the story of Mae Holland (played by Emma Watson), a struggling young woman who’s working a sad temp job in an overwhelmingly beige office.

In a time when Congress has agreed to let companies sell people’s search history, you’d think a movie about the potential dangers of massive data collection would feel more urgent, but The Circle falls surprisingly short. The new film, directed by James Ponsoldt ( The Spectacular Now), is based on Dave Eggers’s 2013 novel of the same name, which was written almost a decade after Facebook’s inception and a little while before Periscope and livestreaming officially became a thing.

If you were hoping The Circle, a new movie about a sinister tech company with Big Brother aspirations, was going to cure you from your phone addiction, you’re actually better off watching pretty much any episode of Black Mirror. Summary: Based on the novel by Dave Eggers, 'The Circle' follows Mae (Watson), who begins working under the supervision of tech magnate Eamon Bailey ( Tom Hanks ). Directed by James Ponsoldt and based on a novel by Dave Eggers, The Circle stars Emma Watson as Mae Holland, a bright young woman whos hired to work at The Circle.

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