The movie was fake. The mission was real.
| Cast |
Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Victor Garber, Tate Donovan, Clea DuVall |
| Director |
Ben Affleck |
| Screenplay | Chris Terrio, from the article by Joshuah Bearman and book by Antonio J. Mendez |
| Music | Alexandre Desplat |
| Cinematography | Rodrigo Prieto |
| Editing | William Goldenberg |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, Datasat |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2012 |
| Produced by | Warner Bros. Pictures, GK Films, Smoke House |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Language | Strong, frequent |
| Nudity | None |
| Sex | None |
| Violence | Strong, brief |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | Some, moderate |
| Comments | None |
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| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith | 15 |  |
| Die Burger Paul Boekkooi | 15 | |
| Box Office Pete Hammond  This movie about a fictitious movie proves Ben Affleck's no fake | 20 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert The craft in this film is rare. It is so easy to manufacture a thriller from chases and gunfire, and so very hard to fine-tune it out of exquisite timing and a plot that's so clear to us we wonder why it isn't obvious to the Iranians | 20 | |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers Just so we're straight, Ben Affleck doesn't merely direct Argo, he directs the hell out of it, nailing the quickening pace, the wayward humor, the nerve-frying suspense. | 18 | |
| ScreenIt C. Fuchs Their film has an old veneer, yet feels fresh and exciting. It may seem far-fetched, but Argo is one of the year's best | 15 | |
| Metacritic.com 45 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 253 critics | 17 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Tense, exciting, and often darkly comic, Argo recreates a historical event with vivid attention to detail and finely wrought characters. | 19 | |
| Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics   | 17 | |
| Movie Review Intelligence 52 critics | 18 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 72890 Netizens | 16 | |
Average .. 86% | 17 | |