Argylle

“Argylle” is fun in spurts with a strong cast of characters that help you get through the overly exaggerated runtime. But the script boxes itself into a corner too often and falls into repetition.

Appreciating all these stars during a single visit to the movie theater is undoubtedly satisfying; but it was reasonable to expect much more from a $200 million mega-production that… is excessively conditioned by the use of CGI. [Full review in Spanish]

Argylle ultimately buckles under the weight of its own ambition, and the end result is a messy, overlong (if entertaining) romp.

Bloated and confusing...

If I was Taylor Swift, and I wrote Argylle, I too would deny the whole thing.

Much like The Flash, this action movie feels less fun and more like a punishment.

Argylle is many things at once, and very often, it doesn’t feel like it knows what it wants to be.

It’s a film high on action and absurdity, but at the expense of not fully unlocking a tone that balances out the spy world/real-world dynamics that Kingsman: The Secret Service pulled off close to a decade ago.

If you're gifted with a high tolerance for plot contrivances, unanswered questions, and thin character development, have at it.

Argylle is a case of diminishing returns even before it hits the halfway mark. A film that I want to like more than I actually do, and one I doubt I’ll return to again.