Architecton
A24 | Release Date: August 1, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
79
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonDec 8, 2025
There is an implicit story within—about the ancients building with marble for eternity and us moderns building with concrete for a virtual moment. But it isn’t just beauty Mr. Kossakovsky is concerned with here. It is how humans view their world and, more importantly, themselves. And their place in the universe. And their disposable landscape. Read full review
90
Screen DailyLee MarshallJun 5, 2025
The main thing with a rousing cinematic experience like Architecton is that it wins the emotional argument. Read full review
90
VarietyGuy LodgeJun 5, 2025
Whether gazing in rapt widescreen across wondrous ancient structures, ruined recent cityscapes or the oceanic shift and shake of a stone quarry in action, this is blatantly dazzling, epic-scale filmmaking that nonetheless invites viewers to consider the implications of our awe. Read full review
90
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerJun 5, 2025
We don’t always know what, exactly, we’re watching in Architecton, but that doesn’t really matter. What matters is how the movie offers us a new way of seeing — not only seeing our planet of stone and cement, of rocks and ruins, but seeing movies in general. Read full review
88
Washington PostPhilip KennicottAug 1, 2025
Architects who are already working to make architecture more sustainable and humane will roll their eyes at the last few minutes of commentary. But they won’t regret having seen “Architecton,” which is a raw, beautiful and demanding essay on the fate of our collective home. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comToussaint EganAug 1, 2025
If nothing else, “Architecton” challenges viewers to examine the structures that shape so much of our lives and behavior in a new light and imagine the possibilities of a future where architecture endures not just the test of time relative to human existence, but in communion with nature and life in perpetuity. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJacob OllerJul 29, 2025
Architecton acknowledges that everything we do is fleeting. There’s meaning in that. But it also posits that putting thought and respect into our temporary, tiny changes to Earth—laying fertile foundations that can roll with the punches that will always come—has a higher virtue. Read full review
80
The New York TimesLisa KennedyJul 31, 2025
Architecton is as gorgeous as it is grave. The score (by Evgueni Galperine) and sound design (by Aleksandr Dudarev) contribute mightily to the film’s heavy lifting. Read full review
80
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeJul 27, 2025
Architecton is a gorgeously photographed poetic reverie on the subject of stone and concrete, permanence and profligate waste. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreAug 4, 2025
Architecton comes across as a more plaintive depiction of our desire to imagine ourselves able to leave a lasting mark on this planet. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 27, 2025
I found something a little unfocused and even slightly indulgent or redundant in the way the images are put together (accompanied by a clamorous musical score by Evgueni Galperine) without making it clear to the viewer what we are looking at and where. Yet the film is so striking, especially on the big screen, almost itself a kind of land art. Read full review
60
Little White LiesDavid JenkinsJan 21, 2025
The film’s thesis is often a little obvious, yearning for a return to a brand of architecture whose half-life isn’t so slim, but ignoring the arduous and exploitative construction methods that were used to produce those grandiose structures of yore. Read full review
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