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Argo

Oscar™ Best Picture - Winning Movies

Argo

2012

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston ...

7.2

78,437

Thriller. Mystery. Drama At the height of the Iranian revolution in 1979, Islamist militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage. Six manage to get away and hide in the home of the Canadian ambassador (Victor Garber), but the solution is temporary because they know—especially with the door-to-door searches—as soon as the militants figure out where they are, they'll be killed. CIA "exfiltration" specialist Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"White-knuckle tense and less self-congratulatory than it sounds, Ben Affleck's unexpectedly comedic third feature has the vital elements to delight adult auds"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"'Argo' is a crackerjack political thriller told with intelligence, great period detail and a surprising amount of nutty humor"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Ben Affleck doesn't merely direct 'Argo', he directs the hell out of it (...) There's no doubt he's crafted one of the best movies of the year (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Rex Reed The New York Observer	"'Argo' is a triumph. It has tension, sincerity, mystery, artistic responsibility, entertainment value, technical expertise, a narrative arc and a thrilling respect for the tradition of how to tell a story with minimum frills and maximum impact (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Both spellbinding and surprisingly funny (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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