The Architect (2016 film)

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The Architect
Directed by Jonathan Parker
Written byCatherine DiNapoli
Jonathan Parker
Produced byCatherine DiNapoli
Jonathan Parker
Patrick Peach
Lars Ulrich
Starring
Cinematography Svetlana Cvetko
Edited byDavid Scott Smith
Music byNiels Bye Nielsen
Production
company
Tarwathie Films
Release dates
  • 20 May 2016 (2016-05-20)(Seattle International Film Festival)
  • 30 September 2017 (2017-09-30)(US)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Architect is a 2016 American comedy-drama film directed by Jonathan Parker, starring Parker Posey, Eric McCormack and James Frain. [1]

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Cast

Reception

Larry Williams of the Hartford Courant called the film "entertaining" despite having "plausibility issues". [2]

The Hollywood Reporter called the film a "light riff on bougie aspirations." [3]

Alison Gillmore of the Winnipeg Free Press wrote that while the film "really understands the modern middle-class status anxiety surrounding real estate and renovations", it "remains a tonal mess, not quite sure if it wants to be satire, sitcom or a Lifetime movie-of-the-week." [4]

Ken Eisner of The Georgia Straight wrote that the "sharply written script makes McCormack too much of a materialistic stick-in-the-mud, dampening our investment in the couple’s emotional real estate." [5]

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References

  1. Gee, Dana (11 October 2016). "Creativity, commerce clash; Film probes tension between the two as couple works to build their dream home". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. Williams, Larry (7 December 2016). "SHORT TAKES". Hartford Courant . Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  3. "'The Architect': SIFF Review". The Hollywood Reporter . 9 June 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. Gillmore, Alison (3 May 2017). "Well-constructed cinema: Architecture + Design Film Festival has plenty of highlights". Winnipeg Free Press . Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. Eisner, Ken (5 October 2016). "VIFF 2016: The Architect". The Georgia Straight . Retrieved 26 December 2023.