A Lot or a Little?
What you will—and won't—find in this movie.
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Positive Messages
very little
The movie is about taking down an evil organization bent on taking over the world (through violent means), but, in the long run, it's hard to say that the movie has any deeper meaning.
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Positive Role Models
very little
Elly starts out somewhat helpless but eventually finds her strength and her agency. But even the heroes, including Elly, are spies who "lie and kill people."
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Diverse Representations
a little
Of the nine most prominent/familiar actors in the cast, one is a Black man (Samuel L. Jackson), one is a woman of Puerto Rican and African American descent (Ariana DeBose), one is an English and Albanian woman (Dua Lipa), two are White women (Bryce Dallas Howard and Catherine O'Hara), and the other four are White men. The main character is Howard's Elly Conway, who's slightly bigger than most ultrathin female action heroes. Elly starts out somewhat helpless but eventually finds her strength and her agency and is able to save the day.
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Violence & Scariness
some
Lots of peril, martial arts fighting, shooting, and explosions, but very little blood or injury shown. Fights with knives/blades. Many secondary characters are killed. A character takes poison and dies by suicide. Person tied to chair and punched repeatedly. Vehicle chase with lots of crashes. Man grabs woman off the back of motorcycle. A character is taught how to crush a human skull with a foot. A cat is thrown off the roof of a building (it lands safely).
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Sex, Romance & Nudity
very little
Brief kissing. A character uses the phrase "pop that cherry." A woman calls a man a "pervert." Characters do a dance move called the "whirlybird": Initially, a man lifts a woman up so that her legs are on his shoulders, and his face is close to her crotch, then whirls her around in circles; in a later scene, she lifts him up.
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Language
some
A use of "f--k," plus sporadic use of "s--t," "bulls--t," "a--hole," "son of a bitch," "goddamn," "ass," "d--k," "friggin'," "scumbag," "crap," "hell." Exclamatory use of "Jesus" and "God."
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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking
very little
Several bottles/glasses of alcohol on display (in offices, in nightclubs, on a plane, on desks, etc.), but very little actual drinking. One character encourages another who's nervous about flying to "try alcohol. It helps!"
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Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that Argylle is a lightweight but fun and twisty spy thriller with comic/romantic moments about a novelist (Bryce Dallas Howard) who becomes the target of rival spy organizations when her books start to mirror real life. It's from the director of the Kingsman movies but is much less graphic than those films. Still, there are lots of scenes of peril, largely bloodless fighting and shooting, attacks with knives and blades, explosions, and a vehicle chase with crashes. A character is tied to a chair and pummeled, another dies by suicide, and a cat is sometimes in danger. There's brief kissing, mild sex-related dialogue, and some sexy dance moves. Sporadic language includes one use of "f--k," plus "s--t," "bulls--t," "son of a bitch," "goddamn," "ass," "d--k," etc. Bottles and glasses of alcohol are seen throughout in clubs, offices, planes, and more, but there's very little actual drinking. Sam Rockwell and Henry Cavill co-star. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails.
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- Parents say (12)
- Kids say (13)
age 14+
Based on 12 parent reviews
Seth M. Adult
April 3, 2024
age 12+
Fun Escapism, vibrantly executed! This movie is a lot of fun!
Fun Escapism, vibrantly executed! This movie is a lot of fun! Take note, John Wick and Equilibrium fans: the colored smoke bomb Gun Kata is a thing of beauty.With the pleasantries out of the way, it's time for me to step up to my soapbox box on Mount Pious. Stop listening to "professional" critics! A movie doesn't necessarily need to be gutwrenching, depressing, or "woke" to be great. Don't get me wrong; I love these virtues in cinema, but sometimes, one needs an amuse-bouche to cleanse the palette. So come on, everybody, allow yourself to suspend disbelief, set aside any impulse for virtue signaling, crack a beer, and just enjoy the ridiculous splendor!
Michael K. Adult
February 14, 2024
age 15+
Good movie from the start. But when Sam Rockwell sat down, I knew I was watching a great film.
Going to the Cinema is always great. Seeing this film makes sense. 'the final chapter' feels like it became a whole book.
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What's the Story?
As ARGYLLE opens, superspy Argylle (Henry Cavill) is on another exciting mission, tangling with the deadly LaGrange (Dua Lipa) with help from his stalwart colleagues Wyatt (John Cena) and Keira (Ariana DeBose). But it turns out that they're all characters created by Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), a neurotic but successful novelist who spends virtually all of her time alone with her cat, Alfie. On a train to visit her mother, Elly meets Aidan (Sam Rockwell), who at first professes to be a fan but is actually a real-life spy. When an attempt is made on Elly's life, Aidan dispatches an army of attackers and saves her from the train. She learns that she's being hunted by an evil organization called The Division, which is led by director Ritter (Bryan Cranston), because her books have come a little too close to the details of real-life spy operations. As a result, both Aidan and The Division believe that Elly might know something about an important file that's gone missing.
Is It Any Good?
Our review:
Parents say (12):
Kids say (13):
Simultaneously cleverly complex and gleefully shallow, this slick, twisty spy movie borrows bits and pieces from earlier movies but links them together in a surprising and entertaining way. After his three ultraviolent Kingsman movies, director Matthew Vaughn (working from a screenplay by Jason Fuchs) finds a slightly gentler, less gruesome tone with Argylle. Few innocents die here other than minions working for the evil organization. And Vaughn doesn't try for breakneck speed, but rather spends time on characters and downtime, trying to come up with the next move.
For a long movie (139 minutes), Argylle has a nice pace, and it's not exhausting. There's also a striking contrast between the perfect, sculpted "fictional" characters in Elly's books and the more flawed "real-life" characters that feels right. And while it seems to have sprung from the seeds of Romancing the Stone, it's more progressive, giving Elly more to do and to ponder than simply falling in love with the hero. Maybe Argylle isn't about much of anything—even the Kingsman movies tried to tackle subjects like war, drugs, and climate change—but it's an appealing ride that checks all the right boxes and goes well with a bucket of popcorn.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about Argylle's violence. How did it make you feel? Was it exciting? Shocking? What did the movie show or not show to achieve this effect? Why is that important?
What's the appeal of spy movies? How do you suppose movies about spies compare to the world/lives of real-life spies?
Do you consider Elly a role model? How does she change over the course of the movie? Does she face the consequences of her actions?
How does the movie approach male and female body image issues? How do the fictional characters compare with the "real-life" characters?
Movie Details
- In theaters: February 2, 2024
- On DVD or streaming: March 5, 2024
- Cast: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell
- Director: Matthew Vaughn
- Inclusion Information: Female actors
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Apple TV+
- Genre: Comedy
- Run time: 139 minutes
- MPAA rating: PG-13
- MPAA explanation: strong violence and action and some strong language
- Last updated: May 16, 2024
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