The Architect

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The Architect

R

2006

1h 21m

Drama

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Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis), a resident of one of her city's most crime-ridden housing projects, circulates a petition to get the complex torn down and replaced with better housing. The worlds of the poor and the privileged collide when she decides that the signature she needs most is that of the project's original designer, wealthy Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia).

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Critics Consensus

A glum drama that's so self-affected it fails to affect.

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Michael Hardy

Boston Globe

Rated: 2/4

Nov 24, 2011

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Boston Globe

Rated: 2.5/4

Dec 30, 2006

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Steve Davis

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 1.5/5

Dec 30, 2006

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

The Architect quickly devolves from hip, idealistic ensemble piece to mostly soapy goulash for the politically correct.

May 19, 2020

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

A well-intentioned misfire...

Rated: 2/4

Jun 28, 2011

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Michelle Orange

Reeler

It is frustrating to watch the film blow some respectable capital on indulgence in narrative frippery.

Feb 9, 2007

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This moving was gripping from beginning to end.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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It starts off in a dark place then wallows and ends there. This movie is just too dreary for me.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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The WORST movie I've ever seen! I could barely sit through it. The acting was awful and so was the story line. Do not waste 2 hours of your life watching this movie.. no matter how bored you are.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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It's beautiful what an intertwined fabric we all make: sibblings, parents, families, colleagues, neighbours, nations, races. And yet all the while our own perspective of the world seems to magnify our own troubles and concerns so much as to make us almost completely unaware - maybe even blind - of what others are experiencing. But yeah, short but sweet (80 minutes). I liked it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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A nice drama in my opinion. I usually love LaPaglia but he's done better parts but it was still ok. I liked how the stories intervened. Ended sorta weird but then again it left some parts to the imagination which isn't all that bad.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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What is it with Anthony La Paglia continually signing up for these lame, supposed to be hard hitting films? There is a challenge to bringing a play to life, unfortunately this is not a well translated script. The transition from scene to scene barely strings together and the emotions and outbursts seem odd and baseless. The worst character of all is that of the wife - badly explained, a great waste of talent. I have never read the play but I can feel they have totally butchered it. A waste of time.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Leo Waters

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Isabella Rossellini

Julia Waters

Hayden Panettiere

Christina Waters

Sebastian Stan

Martin Waters

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Synopsis

Tonya Neeley (Viola Davis), a resident of one of her city's most crime-ridden housing projects, circulates a petition to get the complex torn down and replaced with better housing. The worlds of the poor and the privileged collide when she decides that the signature she needs most is that of the project's original designer, wealthy Leo Waters (Anthony LaPaglia).

Director: Matt Tauber
Producer: Declan Baldwin, Jason Kliot, Joana Vicente, Danny Leiner
Screenwriter: Matt Tauber
Production Co: HDNet, Sly Dog Films
Rating: R (Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 29, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.6K
Runtime: 1h 21m

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