ARGYLLE

Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) is the author of a popular spy novels series who leads a reclusive existence with her cute cat Alfie. When her life starts to resemble her literary works, she becomes entangled her in very own espionage thriller. As a parody of the spy movie genre, everything in this film is deliberately overdone: the big stunt scenes, cheesy acting, sometimes obvious CGI, ridiculousness of the multiple plot twists and the looooong running time … but it doesn’t quite hit the mark. The highlight is the Henry Cavill and Duo Lipa dance number within the first few minutes and after that it’s nothing to write home about. Absurd and silly with a few humorous lines, take it as a bit of fun and it will be palatable.