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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Jennifer Bisset CNET This accomplished sci-fi flick should be appreciated more widely. Mar 29, 2023 Full Review 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 Full Review Rahul Desai News9 Live (India) A poignant cocktail of grief and science fiction. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 29, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I don't give 5 stars often. It's a fantastic story, well acted, and visually- it was quite cool looking. A rare example that you don't have to spend a billion dollars to make an incredible movie. The movie was thoughtful, dynamic, brings up loads of interesting questions about life and mechanics and what makes a person a person. The ending was a masterpiece. A must own for any collection. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/17/24 Full Review Belize M Theo James holds almost the entirety of the screen time in the movie, and he does a damn good job. It's no small feat to manage to keep someone entertained while being the only actor on the screen. While i can understand to some degree the people that found the movie boring, that is, in my opinion, because of their personal taste, just because a movie is slow paced it doesn't mean that it is no good. There are some movies that are worth to watch in their entirety only for the plot twist at the end, which is made up by mere seconds, and this is one of them. I'm surprised i didn't see it coming. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/08/24 Full Review Koi P I enjoyed not being able to figure out what was going on throughout the movie. Don't read anything about it or it may ruin the movie for you. It is a little cryptic, but I think it by design. Entertaining sci-fi watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/29/24 Full Review Samuel H Cool movie. Good visuals for the budget. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/22/24 Full Review Terry H I thought the audience rating would be higher for this. I really liked it. Good futuristic premise. Man who's wife died in a car accident tries to bring her back via a robot. He's built three different prototypes, improving on each version. The dynamics between him and the three versions, as well between the robots themselves, playout throughout the movie building to an ending that really got me. Well worth the watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/04/24 Full Review Melissa F Very Bad ending. Rest of movie was great though! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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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