Mendez orchestrates the audacious plan to hoodwink Iranian authorities by posing as a film crew, ingeniously paving the way for the American diplomats to secure safe passage out of the country.

| Dec 12, 2023

Lines of historic moments are blurred in Ben Affleck’s dramatization of the rescue of diplomats during the Tehran hostage crisis of 1979. But who’s complaining? (Argo) is an extremely rewatchable movie.

| Jun 27, 2023

Affleck has not only reminded us that his best performances come when he’s in control, but that he’s also a considerable force behind the camera.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 23, 2022

It grabs you and holds you right through to its nail-biting finale.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 19, 2022

The film goes out on a high with a third act that never lets up. The tension that informed the opener returns, and Affleck, utilizing his skill for pacing and cross-cutting, manages to make the foregone conclusion of a successful mission feel revelatory.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 18, 2022

Argo is an extremely impressive and well-crafted political thriller that would carry a resonance even without the timely present happenings.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 14, 2022

Hold your head high, Argo. But, well, not too high. High-ish.

| Jul 2, 2021

Students of history will find plenty to carp about, which does slightly spoil the overall effect, but as a searing slice of entertainment Argo is hard to fault.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 28, 2020

The subject matter hasn't lost any of its edge, especially with the continued bedlam in the Middle East.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 1, 2020

Sometimes, it's the most absurd ideas that make for the most compelling stories and cinema.

| Original Score: 4.0/4.0 | Sep 2, 2020

After the frame is built, the plan is set in motion, and the tight pace and constant tension zip you along towards one of those finales where, once it's over, you realize that you've been leaning forward and forgot to breathe.

| Original Score: B | Jul 9, 2020

'Argo' is a superb thriller. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 25, 2020

Who would have thought that anyone could have pulled off an audience-friendly comedy/drama on the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis?

| Jun 19, 2020

While Argo does have it's flaws, the film strives for overall authenticity.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 3, 2020

Although the partially true story succumbs to some rather silly Hollywood tropes towards the end, ARGO does an engaging job of burnishing both sides of the Affleck coin.

| Feb 13, 2020

You cannot call it a comedy, you cannot even call it a straight book-to-film adaptation - but you can call Argo so many other things: a satirical political thriller, gripping, tense...and fantastic.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 26, 2019

A detailed, true story that has some trouble finding its footing between political thriller and suspense movie.

| Original Score: 3.2/5 | Nov 13, 2019

The film plays out in the broadest of broad strokes with Affleck employing a lowest common denominator tone that would make the most hackneyed of Hollywood filmmakers proud.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 31, 2019

As a director Affleck's impressive, expanding on the promise he showed in Gone Baby Gone and The Town. He's adopted a much lighter style for Argo, with a zippy curve-ball narrative spins from wit to suspense.

| Jul 31, 2019

You've really got to hand it to Affleck.

| Jul 29, 2019