THE CIRCLE
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The Circle Review
WWarning ! There will be a few spoilers in this review . The Circle was a movie that was average at best . Not anything I would advise anyone to spend their money on at the cinema , but I recommend you watch the DVD for the following reasons . It does address a very poignant and relevant subject matter ... Technology and Privacy ; and raises questions that we really need to have a ready answer for .
The story begins with Mae ( Emma Watson ) contacting her old friend Mercer ( Ellar Coltrane ) for assistance since her car broke down on her way from work . After the car was fixed she soon gets home to her mother Bonnie ( Glenne Headly ) and father Vinnie ( Bill Paxton ) who has multiple sclerosis who both seem to like Mercer . Knowing that she needs the money Mae ’ s friend Annie Allerton ( Karen Gillan ) calls her from work telling her that she got Mae an interview at this famous company she
24 | SHARE | MAGAZINE January - March 2018 works at called The Circle , which gives her a job in customer experience .
Annie and is wowed by the level of technology produced by The Circle . At a meeting that day Eamon Bailey ( Tom Hanks ) introduces a new product called SeeChange which provides real time video by placing small cameras anywhere . That night at a company party , Mae meets a man who seems to be less than excited about the organisation called The Circle .
At another Circle event she meets this man again and he takes her to an unfamiliar of The Circle , revealing himself to be Ty Lafitte ( John Boyega ), founder of TrueYou a popular Circle product . This was the database where the information on every worker , called Circler , is kept . He also reveals an area underground which shows miles of space that The Circle would use for further storage of information . There , Ty reveals who he is to Mae and tells her that TrueYou has become something he never intended . After being sworn to secrecy Mae and Ty leave the tunnel .
Some time later Mae receives a photograph of a chandelier in the form of antlers that her friend Mercer had made which she shares in on her
Circle Profile ( a form of social media ). This , however , attracts a large amount of negative attention for Mercer as people think he is killing real animals . Mercer visits Mae and the two argue in the lobby . Distraught , Mae decides to go kayaking that night and steals the equipment to do so ( of course with the intention of putting it back .) She ends up almost drowning , but is saved by the Coast Guard who knew where she was because of footage caught on a SeeChange camera near the kayaking shop .
That event leads Mae to become the first Circler going “ fully transparent ” which involves her wearing a body camera and “ vlogging ” her entire day . This was announced at a Circle meeting by Eamon . However , this damages her relationship with her family and old friends . She accidentally sees her parents having sex and the whole world sees in turn .
Still , she continues to climb the corporate ladder and we see her in a Circle board meeting . At this meeting , Eamon announces support from all states in the USA , for voting through Circle Accounts . Mae suggests requiring every individual to have a Circle Account . Eamon and Tom