TheCakerBaker
Jul 3, 2013
Nowhere near best picture worthy, but truly excellent suspense building. The 2 hours certainly fly by with this one. Alan Arkin is a joy to watch.


The movie was fake. The mission was real.
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Bob Anders
TheCakerBaker
Jul 3, 2013
Nowhere near best picture worthy, but truly excellent suspense building. The 2 hours certainly fly by with this one. Alan Arkin is a joy to watch.
markuspm
Dec 23, 2013
I think there really is no other way to say this and please excuse my english. Argo f@#$% yourself (in a good way!). Watch it and you will understand. Solid member of my 'so worth it' category.
Andres Gomez
May 28, 2015
Surprisingly winner of the Oscar award for the best movie. It is a reasonably well done picture but nothing that interesting nor well threaded that the story telling would be worth mentioning. Actually, probably the contrary. The cast is quite good in any case.
The film's tagline is: "The movie was fake. The mission was real."
With a budget of $44.5M, the film grossed $232.3M — a profit of $187.8M (422% ROI).
The film features dialogue in 4 languages: Arabic, English, German, Persian.
The film was directed by Ben Affleck.
The screenplay was written by Chris Terrio.
The score was composed by Alexandre Desplat.
Cinematography was handled by Rodrigo Prieto.
The film features a large ensemble cast of over 120 credited actors.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt1024648.

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Good
8,919 votes
Critic avg. 7.5 (5 reviews)
Review score distribution
Argo
Released
R
العربية, English, Deutsch, فارسی
United States of America
$44,500,000
$232,300,000


