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Argylle Movie: A Star-Studded Yet Controversial Spy Thriller

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Discover the mixed reviews and star cast of Argylle, a highly anticipated spy thriller.

Argylle, the latest spy thriller film directed by Matthew Vaughn, garnered mixed reviews from critics despite its star-studded cast including Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa, and Bryce Dallas Howard. The movie hits theaters with high anticipation, promising a mystery surrounding the real Agent Argylle. Despite the stellar ensemble, the film received scathing critiques, labeled as 'exhausting' and 'generic' by reviewers. With a disastrous Rotten Tomatoes score and comparisons to 'worst movies ever made,' Argylle faces a challenging reception despite its big-budget production.

Director Matthew Vaughn's return with Argylle, featuring notable actors like Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Samuel L. Jackson, raised expectations but failed to impress the audience. The film's wacky and disjointed narrative, although undeniably exciting at times, fell short of delivering a cohesive storyline. While Henry Cavill likened the movie to a high-intensity James Bond-esque thriller, critics pointed out its flaws, emphasizing its convoluted plot and lackluster execution.

Interesting Facts: Bryce Dallas Howard portrays the bestselling author Elly Conway in Argylle, a character within the movie who authors spy novels, adding a meta layer to the film's storytelling. Additionally, the film's intricate post-credits scene hints at a potential sequel, further expanding the cinematic universe created by Matthew Vaughn.

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Argylle Branded 'Abysmal', 'Lazy' And 'Very, Very Bad' As Critics ... (HuffPost UK)

A star-studded cast including Henry Cavill, Dua Lipa and Bryce Dallas Howard (plus a very cute cat!) seemingly couldn't save this new spy thriller.

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Critics Pan Argylle for Being “Exhausting” and “Generic” (Men's Journal)

Argylle hits theaters tomorrow, meaning audiences will finally have the chance to unravel the mystery of who is the real Agent Argylle.

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Argylle gets disastrous Rotten Tomatoes score (Dexerto)

The movie also has a stellar cast, featuring the likes of Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston, John Cena, Sofia Boutella, Ariana ...

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Argylle among 'worst movies ever made' as bad reviews pour in for ... (Mirror.co.uk)

There were high hopes for Matthew Vaughn's multi-million-dollar movie Argylle which stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Dua Lipa, Henry Cavill, and Samuel L.

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Argylle Review: Stylish ensemble falls flat (SciFiNow)

Director: Matthew Vaughn; Writer: Jason Fuchs; Cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Ariana DeBose, Dua Lipa, Bryan Cranston, ...

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Argylle is the highly anticipated return of Matthew Vaughn and ... (Softonic)

Argylle is the new film by Matthew Vaughn, the director behind Kingsman and Kick-Ass. In it, he has teamed up with Henry Cavill to tell the story of.

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'Argylle' bombs at box office: £158m spy flick floods in negative ... (The News International)

Argylle, a spy thriller with a £158 million budget and an all-star cast including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, John Cena, and Samuel L. Jackson, ...

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Argylle review: Wacky, disjointed, but undeniably exciting (The National)

Kingsman director Matthew Vaughn continues his kitchen-sink approach, oscillating between wildly original and frustratingly familiar.

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Argylle's Gaudy Affair (Splice Today)

The new action movie Argylle employs a novel-within-the-movie structure in which heroine Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) authors a popular series of spy ...

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ARGYLLE: 2 ½ STARS. “so many twists, not even Chubby Checker ... (Richard Crouse)

The chaotic story begins with Bryce Dallas Howard as bestselling but reclusive author Elly Conway. Her life is as sedate as the spy novels she writes are ...

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Henry Cavill-led Argylle sequel gets an update from director ... (GamesRadar)

Matthew Vaughn's new spy caper Argylle introduces Henry Cavill as a superspy, the lead of a series of novels written by a reclusive novelist called Elly ...

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Henry Cavill says Argylle is like James Bond "turned up to 11" (Radio Times)

Cavill has long been rumoured as a potential future 007, but he is instead playing a classic spy in Matthew Vaughn's new film.

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'Argylle' Review: A Cat Cannot Save It (The New York Times)

A simulacrum of a spy movie offers few pleasures and plenty of headaches.

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Review: Too long, too convoluted, 'Argylle' proves to be too much of ... (Akron Beacon Journal)

Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) and Alfred Solomon (Samuel L. Jackson). I'll be the first to confess: director Matthew Vaughn's films have always represented ...

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'Argylle' delivers a mix of action and laughs that's fit for a Kingsman (CNN)

After a trio of “Kingsman” movies, director Matthew Vaughn essentially hits the reset button with “Argylle,” another fun, highly stylized and less violent ...

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Matthew Vaughn's Argylle gets zero stars from Globe film critic (The Boston Globe)

To quote Roger Ebert's famous pan of “North,” (1994), “I hated this movie. Hated hated hated hated hated this movie. Hated it.”

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Movie review: 'Argylle' won't blow your socks off (Chicago Daily Herald)

A checkered mesh of mysteries have accompanied the release of Matthew Vaughn's “Agylle.” There is the promoted one: Who is the “real” Agent Argylle?

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Argylle Gallery (IGN Africa)

When the trailers for Argylle boast of a movie “from the twisted mind of Matthew Vaughn,” there's something they're not telling you (besides its actual ...

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Review: 'Argylle' socks it to audiences with too many twists (Minneapolis Star Tribune)

At heart a spoof of 007 adventure movies, it plays out like "The Spy Who Confused Me." The premise is that Bryce Dallas Howard (in a role that seems to have ...

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'Argylle' review: Fiction and reality (and a cat) blur in action-comedy ... (The Seattle Times)

"Argylle" isn't entirely terrible, but it's disappointing, yet another log on the cinematic fire of it-might-have-been, writes critic Moira Macdonald.

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New 'Argylle' Mighty Jaxx Figures Bring Matthew Vaughn's ... (Collider.com)

Mighty Jaxx has unveiled a new set of collectible Argylle figures based on the props seen in Matthew Vaughn's latest film.

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'Argylle' Won't Do Much to Break the Current Box Office Slump (TheWrap)

Tracking for Matthew Vaughn's spy thriller is projecting an opening weekend of $18 million, half of the $36.2 million opening that Vaughn's 2014 film “Kingsman: ...

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Review: Argylle (Home — Crooked Marquee)

Matthew Vaughn definitely has a brand. With the Kingsman franchise and Kick Ass, the British director mostly makes movies that thumb their nose at authority ...

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'Argylle' is one of the worst movies I've ever seen (Boston.com)

"Argylle," the new $200 million action-thriller from Matthew Vaughn, is a stunningly awful movie. ... Argylle ( ...

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Argylle film review — fiction and reality merge in this action adventure (Financial Times)

Matthew Vaughn's Argylle fairly reeks of extravagantly mounted PR chicanery. This spoofy action adventure is supposedly based on a novel by Elly Conway, ...

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The Argylle post-credits scene, explained (GQ Magazine)

To understand the MVCU (Matthew Vaughn Cinematic Universe), you'll first have to understand Argylle, which is a more complex feat than you'd expect. Argylle ...

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How to Watch Argylle – Showtimes and Streaming Status - IGN (IGN)

Coming off of three Kingsman movies, director Matthew Vaughn is back with Argylle, another star-studded spy thriller with a comedic bend.

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Argylle Ending & Every Twist Explained (Screen Rant)

Summary · The ending of "Argylle" introduces the real Agent Argylle, setting up the possibility of a sequel and prequel. · Elly Conway is revealed to be a double ...

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'Argylle': What critics are saying about Matthew Vaughn's spy movie (Business Insider)

Matthew Vaughn's "Argylle" stars Bryce Dallas Howard as a reclusive spy novelist named Elly Conway. Here's what critics are saying about the movie.

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Does Argylle have a post-credits scene, and what's up with Argylle 2? (Polygon)

Director Matthew Vaughn answers your questions: Is Argylle a Kingsman movie? Is Taylor Swift involved? Plus: Henry Cavill on playing Argylle in the sequels.

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Review: 'Argylle' is a Lot - Blog - The Film Experience (The Film Experience)

It turns out that these larger-than-life spies are in fact the constructs of the imagination of one Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), a successful author. As ...

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Argylle is a long, cliché-filled, hot mess - The SunBreak (The SunBreak)

Argylle (2024 | USA | 140 minutes | Matthew Vaughn). Part of the routine when attending preview screenings as a press member requires us to give a brief ...

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'Argylle' Review (The Bulwark)

Starring Sam Rockwell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Henry Cavill, and John Cena, it is a movie very much of its era.

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Convoluted 'Argylle' overdoes the spy shtick (Boston Herald)

If you want to see a meaningless movie featuring “Kingsman” auteur Matthew Vaughn and his German supermodel wife Claudia Schiffer's cat, I can't stop you.

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Argylle's Ending Explained: Who Is the "Real" Agent Argylle? (NBC)

"The greater the spy, the bigger the lie," and Argylle, now in theaters, is a mystery box filled to the brim with great spies and even bigger lies.

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“Is Taylor Swift Involved With the Movie Argylle?” - (Catholic University of America The Tower)

Image courtesy of Rolling Stone This is an independently submitted op-ed for our Quill section. Views and statements made in this article do not necessarily ...

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Who Is The Real Agent Argylle? Identity, Backstory, & Franchise ... (Screen Rant)

The Argylle movie creates a big question out of who is Agent Argylle before revealing their identity. Here is what is known about Argylle's future.

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