A riveting urban drama that tackles a myriad of sociopolitical issues -- conflicts of race, sex, class, marriage and politics -- without spreading itself thin.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
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.
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New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
There are too many characters undergoing life changes in the story for each to be properly developed in an 82-minute movie. But for the most part, the actors get the work done.
The Architect wears its heavy social consciousness like an albatross, and Tauber's plodding, earnest direction does little to wean the material away from its stage roots.
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New York PostKyle Smith
New York PostKyle Smith
Though nothing much happens, all of the actors get to do lots of teary close-ups.