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Writer:Jason Fuchs
Stars:Henry CavillBryce Dallas HowardSam Rockwell
Argylee Full Movie Review
“Argylle” (2024) is about an unassuming author, Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), who writes spy novels about Agent Argyle (Henry Cavill) and is suffering from writer’s block as she approaches the book series’ end. Conway’s novels are renowned for correctly predicting future international events thus attracting unwanted attention from real-life spies, which is why rogue agent Aidan Wilde (Sam Rockwell) intervenes to protect her and her Scottish fold cat, Alfie (Chip) from the Division. Why is Conway so prophetic? With a runtime of two hours, nineteen minutes, avid moviegoers should be able to figure it out in the first five minutes, which makes the movie one hour sixteen minutes too long.
The plot sounds reminiscent of Sandra Bullock’s “The Lost City” (2022), but I never got around to watching that flick. Writer Jason Fuchs’ claim to fame is creating the story behind “Wonder Woman” (2017), which was beloved, but far from perfect. Director Matthew Vaughn had more success with some nice independent films like “Layer Cake” (2004) starring a young Daniel Craig, “Stardust” (2007) an underrated fairy tale, which deserved more success and “Kick-Ass” (2010), a brutal reimagining of comic book movies before he settled into the commercial success, but artistically vacant “Kingsman” franchise, which vary widely in quality. After watching “Argylle,” you will wish that he continued building on the prequel, “The King’s Man” (2021), regardless of how disturbing of Vaughn’s alternate vision of historic world events are.
All the characters in “Argylle” are archetypes, which explains why so much money seems to be sunk into the film so viewers will not notice how boring it is. Elly is a retiring homebody who prefers to cuddle with her cat and Facetime her mom than go out with a hot guy. During melees, in the blink of an eye, she sees Argylle, instead of Aidan, fighting. Howard did some of her best work in this film, but that is after being relegated to stinkers like the lesser works of Lars von Trier as a Nicole Kidman understudy in “Manderlay” (2005), M. Night Shyamalan in “The Village” (2004) or “Lady in the Water” (2006), and the “Jurassic World” franchise. When she is memorable, it is not work that one wants on their lifetime achievement montage: a random vampire Victoria in “The Twilight” series or a racist villain in “The Help” (2011). Being a nepo baby may pay the bills, but it does not feel rewarding if being a protagonist in a Vaughn film is the zenith of over two decades of work.
It is nice to see Rockwell take a break from playing loveable racists: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” (2017), “Woman Walks Ahead” (2017), “The Best of Enemies” (2019). Aidan is a version of Rockwell from “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” (2002): a wisecracking, dancing, irreverent version of a spy, rougher than the smooth talker British versions. Later in “Argylle,” he is a good sport for participating wholeheartedly in sly visual digs at his height in comparison to Howard, which makes him more affable. The charm meter is off the charts, and if the film works, it is only because Howard and Rockwell have chemistry as players in the fighters to lovers’ trope.
“Argylle” is overflowing with talent. One standout is the delightful Catherine O’Hara as Elly’s mom. Bryan Cranstron plays a great villain as Director Ritter, but the casting may spoil the twist. Also it is unfortunate that his Conway novel equivalent, Director Fowler (Richard E. Grant), appears before Ritter because he is a born scene stealer and simmers as a more magnificent bastard than Ritter. I ended up wishing Grant had more screentime. On behalf of Cavill, may I plead with future filmmakers to stop messing with his hair: this buzz cut, his mustache in “Mission Impossible” Let the man be attractive!
