Archive

Play trailer

1:57

Archive

R

2020

1h 45m

Sci-Fi

Play Trailer

Watchlist

Watchlist

Tomatometer

Popcornmeter

78%

Tomatometer

37 Reviews

67%

Popcornmeter

500+ Ratings

In 2038 a man hopes to reunite with his dead wife by building a human-equivalent A.I.

Critics Consensus

Archive executes its fairly basic program efficiently, offering sci-fi fans an engaging meditation on love and human nature.

Read Critics Reviews

Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

01/21/2021

4/5

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.

Go to Full Review

Danny Leigh

Financial Times

01/20/2021

3/5

For all the familiarity, the movie has the brio of good pulp and a neat surprise in store.

Go to Full Review

Anton Bitel

Sight & Sound

01/19/2021

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

Go to Full Review

Jennifer Bisset

CNET

03/29/2023

This accomplished sci-fi flick should be appreciated more widely.

Go to Full Review

Dallas King

Flick Feast

11/12/2022

4/5

One of the most visually stunning debuts of the year... The production design is outstanding with a welcome predisposition for practical sets and effects.

Go to Full Review

Rahul Desai

News9 Live (India)

08/29/2022

3.5/5

A poignant cocktail of grief and science fiction.

Go to Full Review

Read all reviews

Michael P

@TheeMichael-jai Feb 21

The lack of world building leaves you hanging in the Archives until the end.

See more

Mike U

@MikadoBeard Feb 15

Slow. Dull. Robotic. Not the type of AI thrill movie people are seeking. Watching a one lead role actor talk to robots for an hour is boring. Stop going in this direction please. It feels cheap. We turned it off.

See more

j A.

@jra527 Feb 14

wow. super slow. get going. so boring. turned it off.

See more

Johnny U.

@Johnny09 Feb 10

I tried really hard to get into to this story but it was just too dull and slow. I love movies about ai and the future but this was hard to watch, I finally gave up about three quarters of the way through.

See more

Sal D

@JustTheLaw Feb 9

When the only emotional response a movie provokes is apathy, then this sentence is an appropriate review.

See more

Harper T

@Sam8008135 Feb 8

The man in this movie is so annoying. I literally yelled at my tv 20+ times for him to shut up. "Why dont you talk to me when youre being less dramatic" he says to the stunted shadow of a himan he made and is now stripping for parts to make another copy of a woman who NEVER wanted this. I wanted him to get stabbed by J2 about 40 minutes into the movie. George almore blows and not even well

See more

Read all reviews

Read More

Read Less

WRITE A REVIEW

EDIT REVIEW

POST RATING

Gavin Rothery

Director

Theo James

George Almore

Stacy Martin

Jules Almore

Rhona Mitra

Simone

Toby Jones

Vincent Sinclair

Peter Ferdinando

Mr. Tagg

Dual

71%

62%

Dual

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Dual

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

20%

38%

Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman

Watchlist

Spiderhead

39%

30%

Spiderhead

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Spiderhead

Xtro

44%

36%

Xtro

Watchlist

Something In The Dirt

89%

48%

Something In The Dirt

Watchlist

TRAILER

for Something In The Dirt

Discover more movies and TV shows.

View More

Archive: Trailer 1

1:57

View more videos

View more photos

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)

Most Popular at Home Now