Review of Argo (2012) by William Z — 22 Jun 2015
"Ar-go fuck yourself".
Argo starts with a provocative premise: In the revolutionary Iran, a CIA agent tries to rescue six hostages with the pretext of doing a (fake) movie in the Middle East country.
However, the intriguing premise becomes a romantic story in the end, being too emotional. Let's summarize it with few words: a work hard CIA agent with familiar problems (his wife abandoned him and the son is out of reach) engages in a tremendous deadly journey to help the American hostages (and save the American's honor). He accomplishes everything he set out to do. In the end, he reattaches with his spouse and can be closer to his beloved son; moreover, he receives a secret congratulation for his services.
I also watched this movie with the eyes of someone who have basic knowledge about the Iran-America crisis in the 70-80s. The conclusion I made is: in a psychoanalytic perspective Argo is laughable. It seems to me an attempt of treating a past trauma caused by the Iranian revolution effects.
Therefore, Argo is less ambitious than it intended to be and more dreamlike than it should be.
This review of Argo (2012) was written by William Z on 22 Jun 2015.
Argo has generally received very positive reviews.
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