Argo Reviews
Examiner.com
Argo may be a good film that was just viewed by someone who isn't its target audience, but in the meantime feels like another Ben Affleck related project that's being over praised because of who's attached to it and its bureaucratic subject matter.
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| Original Score: 5.5/10
Slant Magazine
Undeniably rousing, but deeply irresponsible, Argo fans the flames surrounding historical events likely to still remain raw in the memory of many viewers.
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| Original Score: 2/4
East Bay Express
It's the definition of far-fetched popcorn-patriotic heroics.
ColeSmithey.com
"Argo" is one more example of how Hollywood waters down its movies for mass consumption. They need to try harder. Much, much harder.
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| Original Score: C
Financial Times
There is an intelligent, funny film waiting to come out of this story; it will have to keep waiting.
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| Original Score: 2/5
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JWR
Second billing to unabashed jingoism
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| Original Score: 2/5
Fact-based but politically cautious.
LarsenOnFilm
...a deeply myopic view of the world, one focused through a distinctly - and distorted - American lens.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Out in the audience, you never shake the feeling-partly intentional-that Argo itself is swaddled in a kind of phony ersatzness.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Crikey
Affleck has paraded well beyond dramatic liberties into a thick confetti of parochial myth-making, and it's disconcerting to see how content he appears to be with trading fact for fiction.
FILMINK (Australia)
A suspenseful, topical and surprisingly humorous film that's deserving of the Oscar buzz surrounding it.
Daily Star
This pulse-racing thriller, set in the aftermath of Iran's Islamic Revolution, grabs you by the throat.
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| Original Score: 5/5
Flix Capacitor
It not only confirms Affleck as one of the few A-listers to have made a credible transition to behind the camera, but that he's one of the most exciting mainstream directors around, full stop.
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| Original Score: 4/5
The Aristocrat
...incredibly entertaining, lucid crowd pleaser. I'm [annoyed] that people may hear the synopsis and go 'Oh, that's not my thing', because Argo is everyone's thing: it's one of the year's best films.
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| Original Score: 5/5
We Got This Covered
Argo is director Ben Affleck's weakest effort by far, but still a well-made, performance-driven historical drama.
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| Original Score: 4/5
We Got This Covered
Ben Affleck's excellent thriller Argo does what all films based upon 'true stories' should: Find a historical tale very few are familiar with, and tell it with the gusto of great fiction.
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| Original Score: 9/10
Examiner.com
This is only Affleck's third film as director, but each time he gets behind the camera, he shows tremendous skill. With "Argo," he presents a skill for tension, combining that with a story that often comes off as humorous.
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| Original Score: 3/4
FoxNews.com
A gutsy blend of suspense and off-the-wall humor, "Argo" will immediately grab you from the rush of its prologue and not let go until the end credits roll.
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| Original Score: 8/10
MovieFIX
The only real criticism, surprisingly, is Affleck. Perhaps the time has come to think about spending more time behind the camera rather than in front of it.
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| Original Score: 4/5
