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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 22 Oct 2012

An ingeniously conceived thriller that's almost as much about our collective love of cinema as it is a tricky international incident…

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By Jackie K. Cooper (1,018) for jackiekcooper.com (943) on 22 Oct 2012

Suspenseful movie based on a true incident; Ben Affleck's stock rises as an actor and director…

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By Matthew Pejkovic (770) for Matt's Movie Reviews (913) on 21 Oct 2012

Affleck's seamless melding of intense thrills in Tehran and biting humour in California makes for a wholly satisfying movie…

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By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 21 Oct 2012

Trusts the audience with a significant amount of detail and develops suspense on a more cerebral level, leaving you with a deeper respect and…

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By Matthew Toomey (680) for ABC Radio Brisbane (680) on 20 Oct 2012

The use of dramatic licence in the finale is too obvious but aside, Argo is a solid dramatic thriller that is informative, entertaining and gripping…

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By Andrew L. Urban (972) for Urban Cinefile (2,850) on 19 Oct 2012

The film has heart and brains as well as balls, the screenplay delivering a clear and strong story without sacrificing either political or…

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 19 Oct 2012

It's okay to take a few liberties in the name of a good story…

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By John Wirt (638) for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (638) on 18 Oct 2012

A funny trip to Hollywood and gripping escape from Tehran…

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By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 18 Oct 2012

Hats off to Argo, a taut, clever new film directed by and starring Ben Affleck, for deftly, constructing historical realism five minutes into…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 18 Oct 2012

Argo smacks of being another dreary Oscar contender but in actuality it's destined to be one of the fall's most purely enjoyable films…

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By Jason Buchanan (161) for TV Guide (1,527) on 18 Oct 2012

If there's one lesson to be gleaned from director Ben Affleck's relentlessly tense, painstakingly detailed Argo, it's that we should consider…

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By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Oct 2012

a crackling good suspense thriller…

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By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 17 Oct 2012

A crackerjack based-on-a-true story thriller that finally allows actor/director Ben Affleck to demonstrate his behind-the-camera muscles in…

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By Simon Reynolds (297) for Digital Spy (1,161) on 17 Oct 2012

Under its own terms as an upscale mainstream thriller, it's a total success…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 17 Oct 2012

I was literally in tears for parts of Argo, a purely physical reaction, not an emotional one, to deal with the tension…

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By Tim Brayton (2,283) for Antagony & Ecstasy (1,911) on 16 Oct 2012

[A] perfectly lovely, immensely watchable, intermittently shallow, and slightly bloated thriller…

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By Thomas Caldwell (278) for Cinema Autopsy (278) on 16 Oct 2012

Successfully manages to be respectful about the turbulent events and function as an exciting Hollywood spy thriller…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 16 Oct 2012

As the suspense intensifies, it becomes increasingly obvious that many of these suspense-laden plot points are simply made up…

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By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 16 Oct 2012

Argo feels like a proper old-fashioned 70s thriller, the kind Alan J Pakula used to make: taut and lean, but with dialogue to die for, plus…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 16 Oct 2012

Impeccably directed, superbly written and brilliantly acted, this is a terrifically entertaining thriller that gets everything right and confirms…

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