The Architect (2016 film)

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

The Architect
Directed by	Jonathan Parker
Written by	Catherine DiNapoli Jonathan Parker
Produced by	Catherine DiNapoli Jonathan Parker Patrick Peach Lars Ulrich
Starring	Parker Posey Eric McCormack James Frain
Cinematography	Svetlana Cvetko
Edited by	David Scott Smith
Music by	Niels 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
Country	United States
Language	English

Cast

• Parker Posey as Drew
• Eric McCormack as Collin
• James Frain as Miles Moss
• John Carroll Lynch as Conway
• Pamela Reed as Colin's Mother
• John Aylward as Drew's Father
• Dana Milican as Reese
• Alycia Delmore as Caitlin
• Michael Panes as Adjuster

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]