‘Argylle’ Review: Matthew Vaughn’s Spy Thriller Is a Bizarre Hodgepodge of Ideas

A strong leading role for Bryce Dallas Howard can’t save this attempt from Vaughn to create a new franchise

"Argylle"
"Argylle" (CREDIT: Universal)

There are a lot of questions swirling around the book “Argylle” and it’s creation. For starters, it’s first-time author Elly Conway is a mystery (with rumors continuing to swirl that she’s actually Taylor Swift). The story of its publication and how deeply connected it was to director Matthew Vaughn remains unknown, though within the first few minutes of watching the film version of “Argylle” it seems pretty clear that Vaughn had to be a key player in it being written in the first place.

It’s one of the first truly bizarre elements in watching “Argylle,” which tells the story of mild-mannered author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), author of the book series on which the film is based.

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