The Circle - Movie Review 

Sad to see this movie flop. Goes to show that a great cast doesn't automatically mean it is a good movie. Disappointing.

Only Chris Stuckmann could form an analogy using Kendrick Lamar and Tom Hanks.

Bro the entire film I kept thinking that this film is a brilliant concept, good script, great cast but was directed so badly. The pacing fell flat. It felt like there were missing scenes and like you said the shot selection wasn't on the ball. Also the music was mediocre. I felt like there should have been voice over. It felt like a long winded, watered down version of black mirror. What a shame. good review.

It's just so unexpectedly funny to hear Chris talk about Kendrick Lamar at any capacity.

Only successful parts of the movie: 1. Good concept 2. Good soundtrack 3. I can't think of anything else

Chris is officially the best channel cause he used a kendrick Lamar comparison 10/10

till 2015 I used to think Emma was the most beautiful thing to happen to humanity... then I saw myself in the mirror as an old man with long hair and realised how magnificent I look.

Is this like TED Talk, The Movie?

To use a line from the movie, "Unfulfilled potential." Speaking as a person who read the book, the movie was a big disappointment. With great material and great actors to work with this film squandered what it had. The characters of Mercer and Ty were not developed at all. With all the stuff they left out, like the whole relationship between Mae and Ty a lot of stuff didn't even make sense. Also I don't know if it was the actor or the direction, but the scene where Mercer comes to see Mae at work was so bad I was cringing the whole time.

I love Emma Watson, but why did they have to give her an american accent. The producers should have either just stuck with her british accent or hired an american, because they way she acted with her american accent was just a big NO.

Can't wait for the Basic Shapes Cinematic Universe

I'll watch The Truman Show instead

bad movie after a mediocre book. nothing to see here then.

I haven't seen the movie, only read the book, but by the sounds of this review it sounds like the movie was very faithful to the book. I remember reading the book and thinking "what about this would be transferable to a movie format? Nothing really happens."

He's not Kendrick anymore. He's Kung Fu Kenny.

Very much appreciate the Eminem and Kendrick example Chris *thumbs up*

Sorry for the novel... I haven't seen this yet, but from what I can tell here, the themes in the film were mostly true to the source material -- they just weren't properly conveyed. The book takes an EXTREMELY satirical tone (borderline South Park levels) when it comes to corporate culture, social media, people willingly over-sharing and embracing the Circle's overreaching services. So for Chris to say that he didn't understand how people accepted it makes me think that satirical tone was dropped. Mae is supposed to be bland and unlikable, because she's completely lost her identity and drank the corporate kool-aid to the point where she can hardly interact with real people anymore. She's consumed with building her brand and completing the Circle. By the end of the story she has 9 computer screens and literally dozens of metrics and levels of communication she has to juggle. Her parents and ex-boyfriend are supposed to be the voice of reason, so it makes sense that Chris liked them the most. In the end, if you left the movie feeling anything but contempt for Emma Watson's character, then the movie effed it up.

R.I.P. Bill Paxton. I do love that it was kind of a Apollo 13 reunion with him & Hanks. Still surreal he's gone. =(

Congrats on the NO BRACES!!!!

The jump cuts in the bathroom stalls sounds more like bad direction than editing. The editor works with the footage thats given to them.

I swear if someone makes an "I grew up with..." or "Zod's snapped neck" joke...

Happy braces removal Chris :)

so Tom Hanks has like 5 scenes in the movie...

holy shit you got your braces off. that was quick... or the time flew by, how long has it been??

I can see Emma Watson becoming a top star. She has the looks. She needs to do two things to improve her acting. 1) Work with a great director like Fincher or Hooper. 2) Becoming less self aware. She seems to be too concerned how she will look on the screen. An actor cannot do that. Hope she improves.

I'm starting to think Emma Watson is a little overrated as an actress.

Teeth look great. A year? That's awesometacular.

Love the Eminem and Kendrick Lamar analogy. Fav rappers☺️

To me the end felt like instead of showing how no privacy is maybe not the best thing always, it seems to embrace it. It felt like the movie fully supports it.

this entire review I'm thinking, Man Chris has some great teeth.

Shout out for Chris for the KDOT reference

Chris Stuckmann??? more like Chris THICCman😏😏😏

Thumbs up for the Kendrick Lamar shout out DAMN album of the year

I just watched this movie and after the final scene I was just angry. It is easily the worst movie I've seen in a long time. They try to put in so many plotlines, that none of them are actually developed. Like, the Boyega character was set up as this guy who created something that he now hated, and when Watson goes transparent, he just stands in the background shaking his head. But then in the end she calls him up and it's like nothing happened. WHAT THE FUCK?!!

That new Kendrick album though🤙🏿

Do you think Chris knew about Love Game (feat. Kendrick Lamar) or just picked that random reference coincidentally?

do a Stanley Kubrick reviews

I regret I wasted time watching it.... It's just all over the place; not worthwhile.

I was so hype to see Karen Gillan in a movie but i almost dont want to see this and have her in a bad role

You forgot to mention that Ellar Coltrane is in this film from the masterpiece film Boyhood. Sucks that this is his first movie besides boyhood

The previews were boring AF, can't see there ever being any hope for the film. Even with Tom Hanks. Emma Watson is not good.

Chris got braces because he wished he had the best teeth in the game.

*Karen Gillan* is in this movie !

the moral lesson of the movie is that the complete violation of privacy will make our world a better place.

Nice K-Dot nod lol

Obviously Chris Stuckmann Grew up with rectangles.

Yay - you got your braces off!!!

Safe to say Chris grew up with triangles

WAIT, DID CHRIS JUST USE AN ANALOGY WITH KENDRICK AND EM! I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!

Chris. You're getting close to a million subs. Congrats. The first review I watched from you was for Fant-4-Stic and I've been here ever since. Keep up the good work.

In what world would total transparency ever be a good thing?

My favorite part of the circle was ready the comments displayed around Emma when she was fully transparent. They were HILARIOUS. Overall I think the only reason I could enjoy the movie was because my friends had the whole theater to ourselves and we just made funny comments during the whole movie. #justice4Mercer

I ate popcorn and had braces for over 3 years and never affected them...they said not to chew gum too and again nothing.

Chris stuckmann, I love your honesty when you review movies. You tell the truth even if it's negative towards your favorite actors. Most reviewers are biased and don't rate the film for what it is.

James Ponsoldt is such a talent, The End of the Tour is really underrated and even better than the already great The Spectacular Now.. I wonder what happened there.

Fuck. I should have watched this video earlier. I'm about to see this tomorrow with a friend. Can't back down now.

That Eminem analogy is exactly like that J. Cole song where Kendrick just sings the chorus. Lol

Bill Paxton's final performance is in this film.

After finishing the book (like an hour ago) I watched the trailer which made me already doubtful about the movie. So I watched your review and I gotta say I'm not surprised that the movie turned out like that (of course giving it more effort and finding the right story in the story could still make a great movie, but just trying to adapt this book could only fail). I was totally engrossed by the events in the book. It's almost like a very long episode of Black Mirror. And our protagonist, Mae, she really doesn't have a lot of personality. She's sometimes a bit weirded out by what's happening but she adapts fast and engrains the ideas and ideology of the company perfectly. She becomes perfectly assimilated. So the fascination in the book lies not with the character and how it's reacting but with the things that are happening. I read on and on just to know how far the company would take this madness. And it was great - in book-form. For me it worked there since I just watched the events through Mae's eyes without really needing her to comment on them or do anything about it (It's kinda like in one of Junji Ito's stories). But when you try to make the story about her - what the movie seems to do - than it gets boring. This story can not be told in a comepletely different medium in exactly the same way. Thanks for the review. Now I know I don't have to bother to spend money on it in the theatre.

The actor who played Mercer sucked so bad that when his character died, I laughed and thought, "Who cares?".

I thought it looked pretty bad going by the trailers. Emma Watson reminds me of Kristen Stewart which is a really, really bad sign for this movie.

It wasn't so bad... I mean, it was enjoyable, not a great movie but not that bad

What's up with the Emma Watson hate though? I'm talking about people in the comments, not Chris of course.

The most disappointing movie of 2017 :(

I saw this movie yesterday and thought exactly what you said. There is no story at all. And I also feel like it wanted to show us how bad it would be to have your privacy stolen, so they constantly put the characters into situations that were obviously designed to show us just that. I was almost insulted.

Chris Stuckmann can you review Schindler's List and Titans A.E. as well as the Simpsons Movie.

When Chris showed the eminem track listing it looked like he googled a fan made version of the album

Popcorn is a hell of a drug.

Do you think Emma Watson is a responsible leader in this movie?

Hey Chris, always enjoy your reviews, good job. I was wondering if you'd ever do a review of Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood", the one with Russell Crowe, Oscar Isaac, Cate Blanchett, and Max von Sydow. Personally, I love the film from the authentic look and feel of the period to the strong acting all around. My only real flaw is with the kind of muddled, meandering plot (which I fairly easily overlook because the film itself is so engaging).

"nuggets of fear"

The novel is the same big mess, but I thought the talented cast and crew could have saved it. Sad, but at least we'll have 'Guardians of the Galaxy' next week.

I wasn't planning on seeing this anyways. Really hate the book it's based off's ending.

Enemy of the State, the best movie in the genre explaining spy technology vs. privacy.

Hi Chris! Love your videos, Can you make reviews of the old Star trek films? I would love to know your thoughts on the films

"I thought it was about a cult, but it's actually about Google." What's the difference?

8:06 lol DC

Chris so real for even knowing King Kendrick. All my kenfolk stand up🙌

I love your movie reviews by the way! Keep up the great honest work :D

After seeing this movie 3 years later I can say that this should just be called “everything wrong with vloggers”

Some people are just good for one role. Watson and Chris Pratt are in giant franchises making them look like they can act but their terrible.

When most people are addicted to social media and likes of course this movie cuts deep. The reviewers livelihood is based on the zombies on Facebook and RU-vid so of course he didn’t like it too. Please don’t like this comment I just had to get this off my chest. GO OUTSIDE and kayak.

Because Emma Watson was in Harry Potter, is a trendy person to think is hot and is a feminist darling we have to put up with Hollywood shoving her down our throats even though she's a mediocre actress at best.

Chris, you are the Fantano (theneedledrop) of movie reviews, i would like you to respond to all the memes about you growing up with stuff with something funny about it, love you.

Chris where did you get your t-shirt from, Thanks x

Congratulations on getting your Braces off ! .........in regards to your last review ......👎👎👎

I'm surprised he knows Kendrick Lamar. Haha.

no braces!!

This was exactly my thoughts when I read the book a few years ago... I felt so baffled that all my friends kept calling it brilliant and I tought it so boring and dumb...

Congratulations on the popcorn! Yeah, I read around in the novel and Mae seemed to become a true believer of full transparency, so I was worried that this would flinch from committing to any conflict, and it sounds like it did. I still want to see this, but maybe some day on cable.

I saw the movie yesterday with my sister and it was OK. I feel like it could have been an interesting movie but it was done really poorly and it was extremely boring and frustrating. I didn't like emma watson's character. I also didn't like emma watson at all in this movie, she is a good actress, but her acting was just kind of bad in this movie and I was just extremely disappointed when i finished the movie. I don't recommend it, it was not an enjoyable experience.

I've got a better review: it fucking sucked

HEY EMMA WATSON COOL STORY BABE MAKE ME A SANDWICH

I'm so happy to read these comments. I never liked Watson's acting ever since Harry Potter and it pained me to see all the glory she got. Love her but hate her as an actress.

You know popcorn gets a bad rap. It's got a cool shape. Fiber. You like popcorn, right?

tom hanks has been in bad movies lately

I'm sorry but Emma Watson can't act. She's bright, pretty and a good person but she can't act. That's it.

Am I the only one who actually likes Emma Watson? ?

As a concept, I think The Circle nails it. I saw the movie as a true rarity. It is a movie about the incorporation of technology in everyday life and the possible pitfalls. But more so, it is a utopia in the making film where, through the choices of Mae, there is not a dark secret holding it all together thus turning it dystopian. eg: 1984, Brave New World, etc... I think this movie shows what it would take to truly create that type of society, complete transparency of the people making decisions.

Congrats on getting your braces off! 👍🏻 I got mine off in February after eight years. I think the things I missed the most were Laffy Taffy, Starburst, and popcorn.