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Archive
2020 109 min United Kingdom, Hungary, United States of America R 16+
★6.7
Science Fiction, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Director: Gavin Rothery
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Description
2038: George Almore is working on a true human-equivalent AI, and his latest prototype is almost ready. This sensitive phase is also the riskiest as he has a goal that must be hidden at all costs—being reunited with his dead wife.
US Gross:
$139,593
Worldwide:
$243,279
Starring
Theo James
Actor
Stacy Martin
Actor
Rhona Mitra
Actor
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination total
Key opinion
Archive is a meditative and visually sophisticated directorial debut that explores themes of grief and artificial consciousness through a slow-burn narrative. While the film is praised for its atmospheric production design and emotional weight, it polarizes viewers due to its familiar tropes and a highly debated, divisive twist ending.
| Production | The film features striking, high-quality production design and cinematography that effectively convey a cold, isolated technological aesthetic. | |
| Acting | Theo James anchors the film with a mature, emotive performance that successfully carries the weight of the story's central grief. | |
| Score | The soundtrack provides a consistently strong, evocative layer that enhances the film's atmospheric, contemplative tone. | |
| Originality | The screenplay utilizes a familiar collection of sci-fi motifs and tropes that some critics find derivative and lacking in original subversion. | |
| Pacing | Opinions on the pacing are split: some viewers appreciate the slow, meditative buildup, while others find it to be dull and unnecessarily lengthy. | |
| Ending | The narrative's abrupt twist ending draws conflicting reactions, with some finding it a shocking and emotionally resonant conclusion, while others feel it undermines or renders the previous narrative disposable. |