Nail-biting; Intelligently made

Rating: 9/10 (23 January 2013)

One of the best movies of 2012.
Ben Affleck continues to prove himself one of our best directors.
The film starts out perfectly with the Iranian Revolution setting the stage for what becomes a nail-biting race against time for the six American hostages to escape.
Couple that expense with the dark comic reliefs of the Hollywood types who conspire with the CIA to rescue the hostages, and you have a near perfect blend of a great movie.
I'm sure that if we were to investigate historic accuracy we would find errors with this movie, but the point here was to tell a true story in a way that will entertain and captivate the audience. Argo has done that.