| − | |Showcases how "material success, intellectual enlightenment, technological advancement, and utilitarian ethics — ultimately cannot satisfy the existential longing each of us has." <ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/the-circle-most-conservative-movie-of-2017/</ref> | + | |Based on the Dave Eggers novel of the same name, the film showcases how "material success, intellectual enlightenment, technological advancement, and utilitarian ethics — ultimately cannot satisfy the existential longing each of us has." <ref>https://www.conservativereview.com/articles/the-circle-most-conservative-movie-of-2017/</ref> |