The Circle

The Circle (2017)

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Continuity mistake: When Mae first meets Ty, as Ty says she is new here, he is holding a bottle of wine in his arms. The bottle goes from being held on his right side to his left. (00:21:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Mae and Ty meet, when Ty asks what does she think of this, Ty begins removing the lid from the bottle of wine he is holding, but in the next shot, the lid has suddenly been removed from the bottle, with his hand nowhere near it. (00:21:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Mae is talking with her parents at the party in the backyard, her dad is holding a beer, with the label facing the camera, but when he goes to set the beer on the table, the label is suddenly facing away from the camera, without him rotating it. (00:23:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Mae is telling her parents how Annie helped get her the job, when the shot is on Mae, she is holding a glass of water with her right hand, but when the shot is on her parents, she is resting her right hand on the table. (00:23:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Mercer is telling Mae that he cannot be a part of this world that she is creating, when the shot is on Mercer, his hands are at his side, but when the shot cuts to behind him, he suddenly has one hand on his face. (00:46:55)

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Audio problem: When Mercer confronts Mae about posting the image of the deer antler chandelier, there is a shot from behind Mercer where he says, "I can't be a part of this world that you're creating", but the movements of his mouth and jaw do not match up with what he is saying. (00:46:55)

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Continuity mistake: When Mercer tells Mae to look at these people, there are people seen filming them. Towards the left of shot are two people filming, with one slightly behind the other. When one of the people filming says why doesn't he just kill some more deer, that person filming is all on his own, with no-one else shown near him. (00:47:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Mercer is talking with Mae in the lobby of The Circle, there are numerous people filming the conversation on their phones. One of them asks "why doesn't he just kill some more deer?" and Mercer tells him he never killed any deer. The shot then cuts back to the man filming and another woman can also be seen filming standing in the exact same direction, but when the scene is shown from another person's camera, the same woman filming has suddenly changed position. (00:47:10)

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Continuity mistake: When Mae is being interviewed by Mr. Bailey, he begins to lower his mug down on the table beside him, but in the next shot, he suddenly has his hands on the arm rests of his chair. (00:53:45)

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Revealing mistake: When Mae is on the phone with her parents, there is a camera feed shown of the parents, and in the bottom right hand corner, a camera feed of Mae. When Mae is holding the phone, her hand is visibly seen shaking and readjusts the phone at numerous points, the camera feed of her shown on the phone remains completely still throughout the call. (01:13:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Mae videos phones Annie, she rotates the phone to a landscape position, and has her hand along the top of the phone. Once the call has been made, she lowers the phone slightly, and moves her hand from the top of the phone, to along the side. The shot then cuts to the phone, and her hand is suddenly along the top of the phone again. (01:27:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Mr. Bailey is giving a speech about linking vehicles to The Circle, there is a shot from behind him where he walks in front of the stool onstage, but a few shots later, he is suddenly behind the stool, about to walk past it a second time. (01:35:00)

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Eamon Bailey: Knowing is good, but knowing everything is better.

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