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12/30/06
The Architect (2006)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:4
Rotten:31
Average Rating:4.1/10
Consensus: A glum drama that's so self-affected it fails to affect.
Theatrical Release:Dec 1, 2006 Limited
Synopsis: Based on a play by David Greig, THE ARCHITECT stirs together issues of class, race, sexuality, and architecture, then heats up to create potent sociological drama. Anthony LaPaglia stars as Leo, a... [More]
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere
Director: Matt Tauber
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Reviews for The Architect
The Architect wears its heavy social consciousness like an albatross, and Tauber's plodding, earnest direction does little to wean the material away from its stage roots.
12/08/06
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12/30/06
An award-winning architect finds himself pitted against a resident who has to live in one of his deteriorating housing blocks in Chicago in Matt Tauber’s thoughtful second feature.
11/29/06
Build it, and they will complain.
11/22/06
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.
12/14/06
Top CriticToo 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.
12/15/06
Despite his obvious earnestness, first-time director and cowriter Matt Tauber is ill equipped to mine emotions this complex.
12/15/06
When Tauber finds his focus, The Architect is worth watching. But Tauber rarely finds his focus.
01/04/07
Families in crisis always make for good drama. What we've got are the usual good people suffering for little or no reason, and for some audiences, that's always forefends a rollicking good time...NOT!
11/30/06
Every character in The Architect is crazily stuccoed with crisis.
11/29/06
Top CriticWhat makes the movie satisfying is the fact that its ethnic tensions are never overtly exacerbated, but rather subtly illustrated simply by the comparison of the decadent malaise of the spoiled-rotten versus the neverending nightmare of the have-nots.
12/26/06
I am sick to death of taking the White Guilt Trip.
12/12/06
For all the added scope and locations of the film medium, it still seems as stagy and claustrophobic as hell.
12/05/06
sapped by sluggish direction
12/04/06
Each of the characters have their own quirky stories that feel as if they'll add meaning or emotional impact to the central conflict, but ultimately, they don't.
11/28/06
...A grim little exercise in exorcising middle-class guilt.
12/08/06
Top CriticOccasionally 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.
12/14/06
In my opinion, the film tries to cover too much ground. The plot strands don't exactly coalesce into a tight story. Perhaps that was [the director's] intent, but for me something was missing. The cast does yeoman work but I somehow couldn't exactly get ca
01/11/07
There are too many characters undergoing life changes in the story for each to be properly developed in an 82-minute movie.
12/01/06
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