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Released Jul 10, 2020

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In 2038 a man hopes to reunite with his dead wife by building a human-equivalent A.I.

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Archive executes its fairly basic program efficiently, offering sci-fi fans an engaging meditation on love and human nature.

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

All in all, Archive is good, bleak, shivery fun, and however familiar some of its components may seem, it thrums with an intelligence that's anything but artificial.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 21, 2021

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

For all the familiarity, the movie has the brio of good pulp and a neat surprise in store.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 20, 2021

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Anton Bitel

Sight & Sound

Rothery's soulful, at times surreal SF debut works on multiple levels as, certainly, a very modern ghost story but also as a paranoid thriller, a yearning romance and an introspective tragedy, full of hubris and catastrophe

Jan 19, 2021

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Jennifer Bisset

CNET

This accomplished sci-fi flick should be appreciated more widely.

Mar 29, 2023

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Dallas King

Flick Feast

One of the most visually stunning debuts of the year... The production design is outstanding with a welcome predisposition for practical sets and effects.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 12, 2022

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Rahul Desai

News9 Live (India)

A poignant cocktail of grief and science fiction.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 29, 2022

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Nat T

One of the best movies I've seen in a while. The ending was completely surprising and layered multiple conflicting emotions atop one another. I actually cried at the ending.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Erin S

The movie was confusing, but Theo James is hot AF 😍

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/04/25

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Pete K

It's an amazing film, full of wonders and surprises. I can, however, understand why some people wouldn't like it. It's rather slow paced and very emotional. No chase scenes or big space battles, just a lot of really interesting characters and a lot of very interesting ideas.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/16/25

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Torin F

ARCHIVE relies heavily on its ending to achieve any real coherence, and struggles to maintain engagement or believability during its rather long slog to get there. More a tale of obsession than romance. And while there's some cool set design, this is really a case of style over substance, and not in a way that the ending satisfactorily justifies.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/15/25

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Barr y

The negative “Audience” reviews make no sense to me. Absolutely lovely and poetic movie on so many levels. This is a romance not an action movie. So many great, complex ideas.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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Jose Raul B

A original plot related to the use of AI after death to recreate the personality of a deceased loved one.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/25

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Synopsis

In 2038 a man hopes to reunite with his dead wife by building a human-equivalent A.I.

Director: Gavin Rothery
Producer: Philip Herd, Theo James, Cora Palfrey
Screenwriter: Gavin Rothery
Distributor: Vertical Entertainment
Production Co: Hero Squared, Independent, Metrol Technology, Head Gear Films, Untapped
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 10, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA): $118.7K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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