The main character acting isn't bad. Tom Hanks does a great job at creating a lovable character with no obvious villainous undertones. This goes a long way in expressing the movie's key concept that the radical decay of individual privacy is harmless and well intentioned. Basically, there's no obvious evil force driving the company to take over the world.
Emma Watson's character goes through some character changes that I didn't expect. I thought she did a good job of transitioning through the movie.
John Boyega's character could have been played by anyone else. He brought very little to the role. It's fair to say this is a "time-filler" for him between Star Wars movies. I could imaging them shooting his sequences in less than three days.
Patton Oswalt's role was good. He was the more forceful presence at the company, freeing up Tom Hanks to play the likable visionary.
SPOILER ALERT: Knowing that the table is going to be turned and not seeing the outcome isn't a great way to end a movie. I liked how Emma's character turned the employees' culture of unbridled enthusiasm against the C level executives, but this lacked punch as the only pay-off for the movie.
TAKEAWAY: Like a Black Mirror episode, this movie does a good job of showing how privacy can be (and is being) eroded with the consent of the population. I found the idea that "privacy is greed" to be particularly interesting. The concept and message is loud and clear, but it's a long time to sit for such a minimal payoff.
Emma Watson's character goes through some character changes that I didn't expect. I thought she did a good job of transitioning through the movie.
John Boyega's character could have been played by anyone else. He brought very little to the role. It's fair to say this is a "time-filler" for him between Star Wars movies. I could imaging them shooting his sequences in less than three days.
Patton Oswalt's role was good. He was the more forceful presence at the company, freeing up Tom Hanks to play the likable visionary.
SPOILER ALERT: Knowing that the table is going to be turned and not seeing the outcome isn't a great way to end a movie. I liked how Emma's character turned the employees' culture of unbridled enthusiasm against the C level executives, but this lacked punch as the only pay-off for the movie.
TAKEAWAY: Like a Black Mirror episode, this movie does a good job of showing how privacy can be (and is being) eroded with the consent of the population. I found the idea that "privacy is greed" to be particularly interesting. The concept and message is loud and clear, but it's a long time to sit for such a minimal payoff.