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By Rick Kisonak (485) for Seven Days (657) on 16 Oct 2012

For a story about out-of-the-box thinking and high-risk heroism, Argo plays it surprisingly safe…

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By Richard Jordan (12) for Total Film (3,532) on 16 Oct 2012

Combining laughs and thrills with plenty of verve, Ben Affleck continues his smart directorial career with a stylish, gripping hostage drama…

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By Blake Howard (505) for 2UE That Movie Show (314) on 15 Oct 2012

Argo is tense, affective and not just Affleck's best film but one of the best films of the year…

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By Scott Nash (692) for Three Movie Buffs (692) on 15 Oct 2012

Ben Affleck continues his hot streak as a director…

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By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Oct 2012

Affirms Affleck's talents and, perhaps, his limitations…

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By Philip Martin (1,107) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 14 Oct 2012

the best kind of Hollywood movie, a gripping, suspenseful story leavened with dry grim humor and resolved in well-earned uplift…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 14 Oct 2012

Argo is a terrific movie that pulls off the rare trifecta of being smart, funny and exciting…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Richard Roeper.com (322) on 13 Oct 2012

Argo' is one of the best movies of the year…

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By Dan Lybarger (786) for KC Active (97) on 13 Oct 2012

Now that Affleck taken up directing and chosen his acting roles more carefully, the wait between his films seems intolerably long…

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By Michael A. Smith (689) for MediaMikes (371) on 13 Oct 2012

Argo helps cement his (Afflecks) new reputation as a fine film maker, one who should hear his name called when Oscar nominations are announced…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 13 Oct 2012

Affleck's triumph is the way he blends multiple tones in making 'Argo' work as an Iran story, a Hollywood story and a Washington, D.C., story…

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By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 13 Oct 2012

What Affleck has proven again with this directing and acting project is that a film by him is a movie event that shouldn't be missed…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Houston Press (294) on 13 Oct 2012

Anyone who thinks the cheesiness of the proposed Argo's plot and shameless aping of A New Hope is far-fetched has obviously never seen Battle…

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By Amber Wilkinson (674) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 13 Oct 2012

Affleck knows how to keep a tight grip on a story, gets better at ratcheting tension with every film, and displays a fearlessness when it comes…

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By Eric Melin (822) for Scene-Stealers.com (667) on 12 Oct 2012

A traditional mainstream Hollywood thriller that mixes humor and serious life-and-death situations…

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By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 12 Oct 2012

An amazingly proficient film ... If the movie gains any traction, expect one of its snatches of dialogue to permeate our collective consciousness…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 12 Oct 2012

Argo is a skillful, dramatic entertainment. It's slick…

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By Steve Crum (868) for Video-Reviewmaster.com (514) on 12 Oct 2012

The plaudits have to go to Ben Affleck, whose producing/directing/acting trifecta makes 'Argo' one of the top films of the year, and a natural…

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By David Kaplan (436) for Kaplan vs. Kaplan (1,174) on 11 Oct 2012

There is not a wasted moment of action or dialogue in this film. Argo should rightfully be on Oscar's short list of Best Movies for 2012…

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By Jeffrey Overstreet (498) for Looking Closer (416) on 11 Oct 2012

The closer the film gets to its big finale, the more we can hear the hum of typical suspense-thriller machinery…

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