After all the hype, I was a bit disappointed with this movie. I did not see it in the theater but rented it on pay per view. I really should have gone to RedBox instead of the $7 PPV fee. I did see Lincoln, Les Miz and Silver Linings Playbook in the theater and all three were IMO better movies than Argo. The acting left much to be desired with Ben Aflec giving his usual plastic performance.

That said, I was interested in the movie since I lived through the Iran hostage crisis. There was a lot of original news footage of the time intermixed with the movie footage, but not all that well integrated. All in all, it was about the same quality as a good made for TV movie and far from being the best movie of the year.