I recently watched this movie again and I actually enjoyed it more than I did four years ago. The plot is quite simple: "Fifty strangers facing execution have to pick one person among them to live".
The movie has pretty bad ratings on RT and similar websites, both from critics and audience. I don't think it's that bad though. The movie succeds at keeping the viewer curious and guessing where the plot will go. I came across a review saying it simplifies too much discussion about certain social issues but I don't think that's the case. Trying to take on different social issues in a movie likes this in dialogues that don't sound too artificial, "fake deep" or preachy is difficult, but Circle does a good job at making it realistic and scary, wheb you think how certain people would be treated in that situation.
It could've easily become repetitive and boring since we're stuck with these characters in this chamber for 1 hour and a half. But it doesn't. Even if doesn't have sharpest of scripts(although far from bad) the entertainment value of this project is still enough to keep me hooked. Also, the performances are mostly great and directing is nice. But the people and dialogue are the focus, technically there's not a lot to say about it. Very simple.
But anyway, at the end of the day it's not objectively good or bad.. people just perceive art in different ways. I'd definitely give this a positive review though lol
btw sorry for bad English.
Submitted October 28, 2020 at 05:19AM by lonesome__ https://ift.tt/3dZBieQ
