In her (Viola Davis) umpteenth turn as a strong ghetto mother, she is the life force that lifts Matt Tauber's workaday movie The Architect into an experience to savor.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Michael Hardy
Perhaps urban-planning solutions are too much to expect from a Friday night at the movies, but in a film this ambitious, the evident lack of thought put into the problem is disappointing. As any architect knows, it's easier to tear down than to build up.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Deteriorates from a potentially enlightening exploration of urban development and class conflict into a preposterous melodrama.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Carina Chocano
Despite an intriguing premise in which the architect of a housing project is confronted by a resident-turned-activist who wants his help in getting the place torn down, Matt Tauber's The Architect feels schematic and contrived.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
It's a compact and symmetrical picture with all its plot points in the right places, but I never found it convincing in the slightest.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
Every character in The Architect is crazily stuccoed with crisis.Read Full Review »
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