Critic Reviews
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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Despite his obvious earnestness, first-time director and cowriter Matt Tauber is ill equipped to mine emotions this complex.
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Michael Booth, Denver Post
Too many "big" moments are happening to too many people for the movie to feel plausible, and Tauber tries to tie many of those plots together in a way that seems contrived.
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Occasionally a pallid film is salvaged by one wonderful performance. To the extent The Architect will be remembered, it will be for giving a starring role to the exceptional Viola Davis.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Given the fact that The Architect is obviously a work in the tradition of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, not to mention Henrik Ibsen, it's disappointing.
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Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Despite graphic scenes of drug- and crime-infested buildings where people are forced to live behind bars like prisoners, The Architect still feels stagebound, inert when it needs to be cinematic.
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Cast
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Anthony LaPagliaas Leo Waters -
Viola Davisas Tonya Neely -
Isabella Rossellinias Julia Walters
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