Argylle

Name: Argylle
Genre: Action, Thriller
Released: February 2, 2024
Rating: 35
Cast: Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Catherine O'Hara, Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill

2024

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: February 2, 2024

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Bryce Dallas Howard, Catherine O'Hara, Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Rob Delaney, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella

Summary: Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is a reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home with her computer and her cat, Alfie. But when the plots of Elly’s fictional books—which center on secret agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate—begin to mirror the covertElly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is a reclusive author of a series of best-selling espionage novels, whose idea of bliss is a night at home with her computer and her cat, Alfie. But when the plots of Elly’s fictional books—which center on secret agent Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate—begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past.… Expand

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Genre(s): Action, Thriller

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Collider Maggie Lovitt

Jan 31, 2024

At its core, it's a light-hearted spy romp that riffs on a lot of the soap-opera tropes that crossover into the realm of espionage. "Dumb fun" might get thrown around a lot with Vaughn's films, and it might be true, but Argylle does try to be smart in its execution. Read full review

Donald Clarke

Jan 31, 2024

And yet. Howard is so irrepressibly charming that Argylle proves hard to wholly resist. Her inherent warmth and charm add interesting balance to the violence she ultimately gets to inflict on circling maniacs. One must also grudgingly acknowledge Vaughn’s dedication to an epic mayhem that strives towards a blend of Bollywood, Hong Kong action and Golden Age musical. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 31, 2024

Argylle ends on another glorious high that a more serious movie would never have been able to pull off, but the flimsy and hyper-contrived fluff leading up to it is so determined to justify its own absurdity that it doesn’t leave us enough of a chance to enjoy it. Read full review

Chris Knight

Feb 1, 2024

Argylle is not as dreadfully unwatchable as the Kingsman movies, but it is dolefully derivative, as if The Manchurian Candidate and The Secret Life of Walter Mitty had a baby, then abandoned it to be raised on The Planet of the Apes. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Feb 2, 2024

I didn’t laugh once and the movie’s stylized and satirical tone defused any connection I might have felt for the characters. Perhaps if the proceedings hadn’t dragged on well past the two-hour mark, it wouldn’t have seemed like such a chore to sit through. Read full review

The Film Stage Conor O'Donnell

Feb 2, 2024

It takes a very specific kind of brain trust to craft something as uniquely baffling as Argylle. Read full review

Odie Henderson

Feb 1, 2024

Argylle is a cynical cash grab that has the audacity to use that “new” Beatles song, “Now and Then” (itself a cynical cash grab pieced together with far more skill than this movie) as the basis for its score and the “love theme” for Aidan and Elly. Read full review

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