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Many viewers praise the film's suspense and tension. [1][2][3] Some criticize its historical inaccuracy, especially regarding Canada's role. [4][5][6] Several posters note the performances of Alan Arkin and John Goodman. [3][7][8]
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Argo is undoubtedly one of the most intense cinematic experiences I have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. From the very first frame, this film had me on the edge of my seat, holding my breath in anticipation of what was to come next. The director's use of cinematography to create a sense of claustrophobia and tension is masterful, with every shot making the viewer more and more anxious. The cramped cubicles of …
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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.
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Box office $ 232.3 million No movie being showcased by this year's Toronto International Film Festival caught our interest as much as Ben Affleck's directorial follow up to The Town. Argo, based on a true story and starring Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman and Adam Arkin, tells the astonishingly true story of how a CIA exfiltration specialist attempts to free six Americans who have taken shelter in the home of …
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grave doubts about the operation themselves. This is a good movie although the context of the movie is a rather sad one. It is definitely not my favorite genre but my wife wanted to watch it and it had received generally favorable ratings so I added it to my collection. The historical accuracy of this movie has been questioned. I honestly do not remember any details of the events of this sad episode in Middle East …
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When Hollywood Does Canada: Argo A great film but one of the worst examples of rewriting history. The Canadian Caper led to the rescue of several American diplomats from Iran, but Argo rewrote history to make the CIA the heroes, and Canadians as side characters at best. youtu.be/9jY9gyrXbO0
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Critics, per Wikipedia
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 360 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.4/10. The website's consensus reads: "Tense, exciting, and often darkly comic, Argo recreates a historical event with vivid attention to detail and finely wrought characters." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 45 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale. Naming Argo one of the best 11 films of 2012, critic Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote: "Ben Affleck's seamless direction catapults him to the forefront of…
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60 of 250 · most liked firstCanada has always stepped up when the U.S. needed support the most. During the Iran hostage crisis, 6 American diplomats escaped & found refuge in the Canadian Embassy. They were provided with Canadian passports & together with the CIA executed a daring escape plan. Hollywood even made a film (Argo)
neutral · AI labelView post →Maybe america forgets, it wasn't just support at 9/11, landing every single plane at our tiny airport in Newfoundland, it was also the "Canadian Caper" made famous by the movie Argo. We have stood by you, died with you, supported you, and YOU elected this monster who wants to destroy us. #FuckThis
neutral · AI labelView post →Same. I’m also old enough to remember when Canadian diplomats risked their lives in 1980 to save 6 Americans working at the US Embassy. They brought them home on Canadian passports (the movie Argo was a true story). The US went wild in gratitude, flying Canadian flags everywhere.
neutral · AI labelView post →I used to care about who won Oscars but then they gave Argo Best Picture and freed me from having to hold any respect for their judgement and understanding of either film or story ever again and I have been grateful ever since
negative · AI labelView post →In addition to punching Nazis and working behind enemy lines in WWII, Jack Kirby was the 'Argo' artist. He drew the concept art for 'Lord of Light', the fake science fiction film that helped the CIA rescue the Tehran hostages in 1976. Kirby did not phone that shit in. You can find it all online.
neutral · AI labelView post →Commission for @comicfiruko.bsky.social CW: Inflation Argro's wrong-named clone Argo has a different powerset than our ice-warrior movie star. One that he probably should've read up on before challenging him for a title like that.
neutral · AI labelView post →Argo F--- Yourself, Trump... quite the piece from the writer of the movie Argo on how and why America in the Middle East just never learns: airmail.news/issues/2026-...
neutral · AI labelView post →And Hollywood’s takeaway from THE ODYSSEY will probably be to plunder Classical and Ye Olde Thymey works but spend the first movie meandering around and only have Jason hear of the Argo in the post-credits scene
neutral · AI labelView post →When Hollywood Does Canada: Argo A great film but one of the worst examples of rewriting history. The Canadian Caper led to the rescue of several American diplomats from Iran, but Argo rewrote history to make the CIA the heroes, and Canadians as side characters at best. youtu.be/9jY9gyrXbO0
neutral · AI labelView post →Steven Spielberg's "Lord of Light." (A novel by Roger Zelazny; it was also the basis for the fake movie project run by the CIA to extract hostages from Tehran, as depicted in the movie "Argo.")
neutral · AI labelView post →every single attempt at a normal trip on an airplane in the United States is now the movie Argo
neutral · AI labelView post →Argo is full of lies. There is an older movie called "The Canadian Caper" that actually tells the truth.
negative · AI labelView post →NEWS: Miss S Coyle Cellan-Jones, devoted daughter, said when interviewed “moi is très, très pleased ma mère has returned from le pays du tyran d’orange et musky. C’est est très dangereuse pour les femmes et les intellectualistes. Moi imagines that l’aeroport was like that scene in le film ‘Argo’.
neutral · AI labelView post →And the film "Argo" even downplayed Canada's role. It wasn't the CIA who entirely led the mission. It was the Canadian government and Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor or who were the primary architects. Former President Carter stated that 90% of the contributions to the operation were Canadian.
neutral · AI labelView post →Landed on Argo tonight. A favorite. You know the movie about our Canadian neighbors risking their lives to save 6 Americans. That one. 🇨🇦
positive · AI labelView post →I remember that. And isn't it amazing that not one media person I've seen has recalled the amazing rescue of American consulate staff by the Canadian embassy in the Iran hostage crisis of 1979. They fearlessly hid 53 people and got them out safely. See the story in the film "Argo". I love 🇨🇦 💗
neutral · AI labelView post →Bryan Cranston is so fucking good every time someone points a camera at him though, goddamn. (Also I forgot alt-text because I’m drunk - the image is the poster for the movie “Argo” with Ben Affleck)
neutral · AI labelView post →Bibi: We should watch a movie when I visit Trump: Sounds good Bibi: Have you seen Argo? I'll bring my copy
neutral · AI labelView post →Alan Arkin in ARGO: "If I'm doing a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit."
neutral · AI labelView post →Podcast Clip: The Canadian Caper While the film Argo removed the Canadians, the true story of the Canadian Caper involved Ambassador Ken Taylor and his staff hiding Americans for months at great risk. The Canadian government, with assistance from the CIA, got them out. youtube.com/shorts/63Qr5...
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie. Argo
neutral · AI labelView post →Remember the good days when Ken Taylor, Canada's Ambassador to Iran, got 6 Americans out of Iran to safety during the Iran Hostage Crisis? "The action cemented a "special relationship" between Canada and the US and made Taylor a hero in both countries. The events partially inspired the film Argo."
neutral · AI labelView post →I love this movie and you can appreciate the art of the direction and dialog but The Player is so inside baseball. Hollywood loves to make movies about itself. Argo was a Hollywood hero story. The Artist was very good but, well, probably got a boost because of the subject matter.
positive · AI labelView post →They made a movie retelling the Iran Hostage Crisis and called it Argo I expect they will remake Come From Away and set it in Maine 😒
neutral · AI labelView post →Watch the movie 🎥 “Argo.” It was written by a guy I knew at Harvard. He won an Oscar for it.
neutral · AI labelView post →My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of ARGO boxd.it/clE9WD Argo fuck yourself... Tense & oftentimes quite funny, dramatization of real events has smart screenplay & top-notch ensemble. Especially loved Alan Arkin & John Goodman as B-movie mavericks using Hollywood hype machine to aid hostage rescue. #filmsky 📽
positive · AI labelView post →One of my favorite books from my misspent youth. And the basis of the faux movie project in the CIA op that inspired “Argo.” Does anyone know what GRRM thought the other four were? (See cover blurb)
neutral · AI labelView post →There’s a MOVIE about the Canadians rescuing our embassy people- title: ARGO. Directed by Ben Affleck. Nominated (maybe receive) an Oscar.
neutral · AI labelView post →Argo… they couldn’t even make the movie properly to accurately depict exactly how Canada saved the day.
negative · AI labelView post →Here is a movie that tells the truth. Original title: Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper Argo is a lie. www.imdb.com/title/tt0082...
neutral · AI labelView post →I just rewatched the Ben Affleck movie Argo and almost cried being reminded how Canada helped greatly save the 6 Americans who had escaped from the US embassy in Iran when it was under attack. Canadians are our friends or were - look what he's done to our relationship.
positive · AI labelView post →CANADA / IRAN HISTORY LESSON: 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 The movie Argo was a fiction based on these facts 👇👇
neutral · AI labelView post →I was born in 1980... l'm choosing one movie per day from each year to today. Argo fuck yourself… a brilliant line in a brilliant movie about making a movie… 🍿🎬🎥 📺📽️ #filmsky #moviesky #moviechallenge Day 33/45 2012
positive · AI labelView post →this movie lost best screenplay to Argo
neutral · AI labelView post →They think it’s them. See: Argo, the film. Revisionist history at its worst.
negative · AI labelView post →#NowWatching ARGO (2012). Director: Ben Affleck. Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston. Revisiting Affleck's Oscar-winning Best Picture detailing bizarre real-life CIA rescue attempt during Iranian hostage crisis. 7 Oscar noms. #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →In 1979 six American diplomats managed to escape capture when the US Embassy in Tehran was stormed. The Canadian embassy sheltered them and equipped them with Canadian passports so they could eventually make their way out of the country (the basis of the movie Argo).
neutral · AI labelView post →Obscure YT of the day: R.I.P. Paul Auster -- here is film he wrote and directed in 1998, LULU ON THE BRIDGE w/ Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Victor Argo, Willem Dafoe, Vanessa Redgrave, Mandy Patankin, David Byrne & Lou Reed! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmy...
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie Argo is one positive from a handful of CIA in a dark time and when our friendship with Canada was everything! I’m 74 so I remember it all too well. Ted Koppel on Night Line. All 444 days. Though then we had no idea about the undermining of the election and the dirty dealing, Oliver North
positive · AI labelView post →Or the Iranian hostage crisis, then they made a movie (Argo) and didnt even mention Ken Taylor. Should have left the fuckers there!
negative · AI labelView post →#AugustMovieChallenge #Filmsky Day 5. Air Traffic Controller in a movie. Argo (2012) youtu.be/d9TdwetEIQ8?...
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie Argo took liberties to make 🇨🇦 look like ass.
negative · AI labelView post →The famous line “Argo Fuck Yourself!” I love that movie. They saved 6 of our embassy employees from being imprisoned in Iran for 444 days. And this is how we repay them? Watch the movie Argo. It tells their story and how Canada saved them.
positive · AI labelView post →Mindy Kaling wrote an off-Broadway play based on the premise that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck didn’t actually write Good Will Hunting (for which they won Oscars at 19 and proceeded NOT to write a second feature-length film until Affleck allegedly wrote Argo), and I believe her
neutral · AI labelView post →. 45 Days of Great Movies The Election Will Be Over (we hope) in 4 Days 4 More Days of #GreatMovies #41 "Argo"
neutral · AI labelView post →He is a major Hollywood screenwriter, producer, director and actor. He has won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (Good Will Hunting) He also won an Oscar for Best Picture and BAFTA for Best Director (Argo). He co-owns a film production company with Matt Damon that has made 16 feature films.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thanks for pointing that out, also a remake the film Argo with the Canadian ambassador at the center would be nice... No need to rename a lake or anything in his honor.
neutral · AI labelView post →Americans made a movie about it called Argo with Ben Afleck and made an American the hero of the hostage situation. Colour me shocked lol.
negative · AI labelView post →Reminds me of how Hollywood did us dirty regarding the Canadian Caper in the movie Argo.
negative · AI labelView post →their movie review got the whole plot of Argo wrong, i'll tell you that
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like watching an anti-fascist film tonight. What should it be? a) Casablanca ʀᴡ b) JoJo Rabbit c) Andor ʀᴡ d) Grand Budapest Hotel ʀᴡ e) the Great Dictator f) Schindler's List g) Come and See h) Argo ʀᴡ i) Saving Private Ryan ʀᴡ j) Pan's Labyrinth ʀᴡ k) HG: Mockingjay [ʀᴡ = CB rewatch]
neutral · AI labelView post →As director of Gone Baby Gone, The Town + Argo, Ben Affleck knows how to make movies, but his latest for Netflix, political thriller Animals, falls short of the mark. A politician takes matters into his own hands after a failed attempt to kidnap his son. 3 out of 5 film-authority.com/2026/10/11/a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Guy whose favorite movie is Argo, rewatches Argo at least once a year, still quotes "Argo fuck yourself" all the time, and comments "no love for Argo?" on various online movie lists
neutral · AI labelView post →And yet Ben Affleck's popular movie 'Argo' gave pretty much all the credit to a CIA operative. While there may be truth to his role, the risky Canadian role was definitely underplayed. And now, we get threatened, harassed and bullied by the orange POTUS. 🇨🇦
negative · AI labelView post →Remove a letter, ruin a movie. Forrest Gum Apocalypse Ow Finding Emo Rear Widow Ear Window Argo ill Bill Bi Fish Ron Man Children of Me Dawn of the Dad
neutral · AI labelView post →Argo is a great movie, but truly, Canada did even more than that. Instrumental is saving lives.
positive · AI labelView post →The fake phone number? Should have taken cues from the Argo movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Guess what there’s a new @classicfilmjerks.bsky.social This month Jeff and I get sweaty and join the crew of the Argo on a go-motion filled journey as we watched 1963's Jason and the Argonauts. Get onboard for a boat full of fun. classicfilmjerks.libsyn.com/jason-and-th...
neutral · AI labelView post →individual "soul-searching." Argo. The film depicts a CIA-led rescue during the Iranian Hostage Crisis. In reality, the Canadian government did the heavy lifting, but the movie minimizes their role to make the CIA the sole heroes. The sentiment that "if it weren't for America,
negative · AI labelView post →Watching Iranian cinema really underscores how toxic and retrograde Hollywood’s depiction of the Middle East still is. ARGO, a movie that treats a walking through a public square like a horror movie set piece, won Best Picture only 13 years ago, with Obama seal of approval.
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