A Master Builder

Name: A Master Builder
Genre: Drama
Released: July 23, 2014
Duration: 130 min
Rating: 67

2014

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Abramorama | Release Date: July 23, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A successful, ego-maniacal architect who has spent a lifetime bullying everyone around him wants to make peace as his life approaches its final act.

Director: Jonathan Demme

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 130 min

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Peter Rainer

Sep 5, 2014

Whatever the case, the film resounds with hyperbolic passion. Hot bubbling currents flow through this film’s constricted veins. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

Jul 22, 2014

Demme, following in the footsteps of the late Louis Malle, takes a spare, direct approach to the material -- his economy pays off in quiet eloquence. Read full review

Hedy Weiss

Aug 8, 2014

The cast is uniformly superb. But it is the palpable erotic tension between Solness and the mysterious, bewitchingly nubile Hilde (who he may have sexually abused or at least titillated a decade earlier) that drives the film. Read full review

Jordan Mintzer

Jul 24, 2014

With such well-tuned performances and scattered intensity, it's unfortunate that the technical aspects of the film are not always up to par. Read full review

Stephanie Merry

Sep 18, 2014

For a movie that lasts longer than two hours and is made up solely of talking, it’s impressive that the story never seems to drag. But with all of the possibilities of movie magic, it’s a shame that the characters keep us at arm’s length. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Jul 22, 2014

As both an actor and a playwright, Wallace Shawn, at his most audacious, goes for the jugular, but in sneaky roundabout ways. Read full review

Farran Smith Nehme

Jul 23, 2014

The film is full of baffling choices, like the EKG machine that beeps for the first 40 minutes, so loud and so maddening that the great words barely register. Mumblecore is not a good look for Ibsen. Read full review

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