{"id":27903,"date":"2024-02-01T01:44:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cinemastance.com\/?p=27903"},"modified":"2024-02-01T01:44:44","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T09:44:44","slug":"argylle-makes-for-some-boisterous-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/?p=27903","title":{"rendered":"ARGYLLE Makes for Some Boisterous Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Running Time: 139 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Apple Original Film in partnership with Universal Pictures will debut at theaters on February 2nd<\/sup>, 2024 before streaming globally on Apple TV+.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director Matthew Vaughn is no stranger to spy movies, having\npreviously directed the excellent 2014 film Kingsman: The Secret Service<\/em>\nand its, well, less-effective follow-ups. His latest is Argylle<\/em>, another\nfeature involving secret agents. While the other pictures in his previous\nseries have always included a strong dose of humor, this effort veers even\nfurther in an over-the-top comedic course. As it turns out, it\u2019s a wise\ndecision. While the end result isn\u2019t as potent as the original Kingsman<\/em>,\nthis is a boisterous and amusing ride that beats the sequels from that series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is an introverted and\nanxiety-prone writer, famous for her series of novels involving a fictional spy\nnamed Argylle (Henry Cavill) and his partner Wyatt (John Cena). But while\ntraveling to visit her mother (Catherine O\u2019Hara), the lead encounters Aidan\n(Sam Rockwell), a man who claims to be a real secret agent. He states the books\nElly has written are so accurate that she appears to be predicting a major\nworld-changing event in the spy world. He also tells the author that an\norganization led by a sinister figure named Ritter (Bryan Cranston) is about to\narrive and perhaps even kill her. Hoping to pick Elly\u2019s brain for ideas on how\nto stop this threat, Aiden whisks the writer and her cat away on a wild\nadventure. But the terrified Elly has no idea who any of these people are, and\nwho is actually good or evil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The movie benefits from a wonderful cast who are clearly\nhaving a great time. Conway has a vision of what a heroic cloak-and-dagger\noperative should look like and the stress of the situation causes her to\nfrequently have visions of Argylle appearing in Aidan\u2019s place during combat\nscenes. The actual agent is blunt and comes across, in a few respects, as less\nsophisticated and charming than expected, leading to plenty of opportunities\nfor humor. Howard and Rockwell make a great team and the interplay between them\nis enjoyable. Co-stars O\u2019Hara and Cranston also stand out and make wonderful\nimpressions in their roles. It\u2019s a hoot to see their characters develop in\nunique ways over the course of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another highlight is the script itself. I\u2019ve seen many spy\nfilms over my lifetime. Going in cold to this feature, I expected a story in\nthe vein of Romancing the Stone<\/em> in which the timid protagonist finds a\nlittle bit of confidence. Indeed, this occurs in the film, but not necessarily\nin the manner anticipated. The film contains a couple of big twists that spin\nevents off in a series of unexpected directions. This reviewer will certainly\nadmit that, based on the first ten minutes, he would not have predicted all of\nthe unusual turns and the climax that ultimately follows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s very clear that the screenplay is prioritizing humor\nover action thrills and when the characters square off, it can be surreal.\nThere are eccentric set-ups, like one with a camera attached to the actors as\nthey spin during dance numbers. It\u2019s very amusing, as are the feline POV shots\nthrough a distorted vantage point. Admittedly, the film goes heavy on the CGI\nand these moments aren\u2019t the most convincing. Even that pet cat looks phony,\nbut so many aggrandized things occur to it that the mostly digital creation\nstill generates chuckles. And, the hand-to-hand fight scenes are exceptionally\nwell-staged. The camera constantly moves with the action in fun and inventive\nways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Not every gag lands perfectly and it\u2019s a bit too long, but the movie is full of so many nutty ideas that one can\u2019t help but admire its willingness to do anything to entertain. If you\u2019re looking for a serious-minded adventure, you may be baffled by seeing a character glide across a slick floor, a shootout featuring rainbow-colored flares, various stunts involving a CGI cat, as well as a major star of the film appearing with a mullet. But, if you\u2019re at the movies to laugh and have an enjoyable time with a charming cast, Argylle<\/em> is largely successful in delivering the goods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Running Time: 139 minutes This Apple Original Film in partnership with Universal Pictures will debut at theaters on February 2nd, 2024 before streaming globally on Apple TV+. Director Matthew Vaughn is no stranger to spy movies, having previously directed the excellent 2014 film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its, well, less-effective follow-ups. His latest is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":27904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[215,697,1651,1778,1779,1780,1781,3624,3628,4008,4660,9076,10838,11801,17566,18907,23571],"class_list":["post-27903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-215","tag-action","tag-apple-original-films","tag-argylle","tag-argylle-film-review","tag-argylle-movie-review","tag-argylle-review","tag-bryan-cranston","tag-bryce-dallas-howard","tag-catherine-ohara","tag-comedy","tag-henry-cavill","tag-john-cena","tag-kingsman","tag-sam-rockwell","tag-spy","tag-universal-pictures"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cinemastance.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}