Argo Rating: 3.8/5
Total Reviews 5
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Director: Ben Affleck
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew: Bryan Cranston, Ben Affleck, Taylor Schilling, John Goodman, Kyle Chandler , Chris Messina, Clea DuVall, Rory Cochrane, Tate Donovan
Duration: 2 hour 0 minutes
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Argo Movie Review
Ratings:4/5 Review by Rajeev Masand Site:CNN IBN (IBNLive)
Argo takes some liberties with the truth, exaggerating certain incidents, and inventing characters who didn’t exist in the real story (Alan Arkin’s film producer is reportedly a creation by screenwriter Chris Terrio). But Affleck gives the film a lived-in, authentic feel with minute period details and dialogue that never feels scripted.
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CIA exfiltration specialist Tony Mendez comes up with a plan to extract six American diplomats from Iran at a time when the Iranian public's ire against their overthrown Shah and the US is at its most volatile. Set in the 1970s, Argo is based on the true story of the extraction of six diplomats from the Canadian ambassador's house, where they're hiding. Affleck's film is being seen as a serious Oscar contender and with good reason. The film doesn't favour one side over the other. Also, the dramatization is not without its light moments. You will sense a fine balance and an acute attention to detailing, something that's pivotal to a film of this genre. Watch out for certain powerful crowd scenes and set pieces that grab you with their sheer intensity and absolute terror. You will gasp in awe at the pains taken in casting actors who resembled the actual players of this story the closest, as they are featured during the end credits.Tip-Off: You may not like this movie if you cannot stomach graphic scenes of violence, or if you are easily offended by explicit language.
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Ratings:4/5 Review by Anupama Chopra Site:Star World
Ratings:4/5 Review by Daniel Pinto Site:DNA
With witty zingers flying around more than bullets, Argo, at some points, feels like the funniest non-satirical political film out there. If you want to see the vilification of the United States for its historic double-handedness, this film is not for you. Rather than standing on a soapbox about his country’s foreign policy, the lead characters is absorbed with the task at hand.However rather than portraying a West Asian race as barbaric, its highlights the excesses of political upheaval.Watch Argo for the interesting handling of a period political drama and the powerful performances.
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Ratings:3/5 Review by Henry Barnes Site:The Guardian
That said, this fantasy does have its excitement. The chase ending is jarringly false, but it pushes the story to a heart-racing conclusion. The post-credits sequence shows real-world photos of Tehran at the time, matched with stills from the film: they're impressively similar. Affleck seems to have simultaneously shot for authenticity and wallowed in a fiction. I needed a little more light and a lot less drama. Argo-t bored waiting for it.
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