The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer review: This bewildering, garish nightmare’s only saving grace is that it’s for a good cause
The IndependentGet our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The format’s premise is that a group of strangers volunteer to be imprisoned in a block of flats, only able to communicate with each other through The Circle, an invented local social media platform. Sam from Made in Chelsea follows the vlogger Saffron Barker on Instagram, and recently saw pictures of her on holiday with a boyfriend, so is surprised she has listed her relationship status as “single”. Dropped into the middle of this garish nightmare is a short, sad film about a young woman called Emily Hayward, made from her own self-filmed footage over an eight-year battle with cancer.
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