“We Didn’t Make Citizen Kane, But F**king Hell”: Argylle’s Bad Reviews Candidly Addressed By Matthew Vaughn
Matthew Vaughn gives his honest reaction to Argylle’s abysmal reviews. Starring a leading cast including Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, and Sam Rockwell, Vaughn’s spy film broke the director’s positive streak from recent projects like the Kingsmen franchise. Argylle received terrible reviews, and is now considered one of 2024’s first major movie failures.
Speaking with Empire, Vaughn addresses Argylle’s less-than-lackluster reception.
Fuck yeah. My guard came down on Argylle. We had done test screenings that had gone fantastically well. The premiere was a really fun night, and it was like going back to the Snatch days where there was such excitement. And I started drinking the Kool-Aid. It’s a fun, feel-good movie, or I thought it was a fun, feel-good movie. We didn’t make Citizen Kane, but fucking hell, then the reviews came out and I’m like, ‘Wait, what have I done to offend these people?’ They were vitriolic. I’m not saying the movie’s perfect by any means, but I didn’t think it was offensive. That took me by surprise.
I even went round to cinemas because I thought, ‘Maybe I’ve lost the plot now.’ It did rattle me. I’m genuinely scratching my head about that, because you can’t ignore it. It wasn’t like [just] a few bad reviews.
It is what it is. You learn from these things.
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