The Circle (2017)

5.4PG-13110 minDirector: James Ponsoldt

2017 American film by James Ponsoldt

The Circle is a 2017 American techno-thriller film directed by James Ponsoldt with a screenplay by Ponsoldt and Dave Eggers, based on Eggers's 2013 novel. The film stars Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, as well as John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headly and Bill Paxton.

The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 26, 2017, and was theatrically released on April 28, 2017, by STXfilms and EuropaCorp. It received generally negative reviews, and grossed $20.5 million in the United States and Canada and $20.1 million in other territories, for a total of $40.6 million, against a production budget of $18 million. It became director Ponsoldt's highest-grossing feature.

The film's release was posthumous for Paxton, who died in February 2017, and it was the final film of Headly's released before her death in June 2017.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Is The Circle based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
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Content rating: PG-13. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.
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