Their cover: They need desert locations for their movie, which would vaguely resemble "Star Wars." They would tell the Iranians the six people were Canadians who were scouting locations and now. Argo stars Ben Affleck as Tony Mendez, Bryan Cranston as Jack O'Donnell and John Goodman as John Chambers. It was directed by Ben Affleck from a screenplay by Chris.

The CIA goes to extreme lengths -- and one agent risks his life -- to. The movie is, in effect, based on Mendez's own testimony; as with all spies' tales, we're entitled to our pinch of salt, but his story is just so incredible it. Argo is spot on with its ode to the bombastic behind-the-scene banality of playground politics rooted in the seeds of cynicism and suspicion.

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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Films. Overall, I found the movie very informational and taught me a lot without being a tedious lesson. S.-Iran relations, the film practically screams with topicality. There's something about mixing a thriller with "based on a true story" that shouldn't work. Home Minecraft Blogs Movie Review - Argo. It's by far one of my favorite movies.

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Directed by Ben Affleck, the movie stars Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman. Ben Affleck's surprise thriller Argo is a seemingly come-from-behind movie that took moviegoers and critics by storm. Argo proudly bears the "based on a true story" label, and this is one occasion when the caption is important to how the movie is perceived.

Argo, like Beautiful Mind, plays out as a clever mix of genre formulas. Watch out for certain powerful cr. And so I am here to write a big fat review of Argo. This is my first take to write a review and just to P.