Argylle | 2024 | PG-13 | – 2.5.5

Why is “Argylle” rated PG-13? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong violence and action and some strong language.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes a kissing scene, a few near kissing scenes, a provocative dance move performed in a few scenes, many extended fight sequences that include gunfire, explosions, and physical fights leaving people dead without visible injuries, a few people shot with some bloody wounds seen, many arguments, discussions of brainwashing and espionage, and at least 1 F-word and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A best-selling but reclusive author (Bryce Dallas Howard) of spy thrillers becomes embroiled in actual events that seem to follow plots torn from her own books, and when a real spy (Sam Rockwell) shows up to save her and her cat, she’s thrust into a sinister reality where nothing is what it seems. Also with Henry Cavill, Bryan Cranston, Catherine O’Hara, Ariana DeBose, Samuel L. Jackson, Dua Lipa, Richard E. Grant, John Cena and Chip. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. [Running Time: 2:19]

Argylle SEX/NUDITY 2

 – A man and a woman kiss with fireworks exploding in the background of the scene. A man and woman kiss passionately as a ship explodes in the distance. A man fighting with two women is shown with the two women kissing him, and then fighting again.
► A man approaches a woman in a bar and they dance; he lifts her up in the air and spins her around while she spreads her legs across his shoulders. A man and a woman dance in a palace and nearly kiss until they are interrupted and reprimanded by a guard, who tells them that public displays of affection are forbidden.
► A man asks a woman if she has plans after a book signing and she says, “Yes, I actually have a hot date.” A woman asks her adult daughter if she is in a relationship. A man asks if he can sit across from a woman on a train and she tells him the seat is taken.
► A woman wears a deeply cut dress that reveals cleavage through many scenes including fight sequences and when she kicks people her skirt flips up to reveal her legs to the crotch (she appears to be wearing a flesh toned undergarment). A woman wears a low-cut dress that reveals cleavage in several scenes and the dress also has a slit up the side revealing her leg to the hip. A man’s shirt tail pulls up to reveal his bare back and abdomen when he reaches over his head.

Argylle VIOLENCE/GORE 5

 – An extended fight sequence on a train shows a man fighting with many would be killers using knives, guns and hand-to-hand combat, with many people falling seemingly dead (no wounds are visible) and one man is thrown through the broken window of a speeding train (we do not see the result); the first man wraps a safety belt around a woman and they are pulled out of the train by a parachute and sail around a bridge as the woman screams and apparently passes out. An extended scene shows many gunmen opening fire on a man and a woman as colorful smoke fills the area and renders them unable to see; the man and the woman wear gas masks and continue shooting and we hear men yelling and see some falling to the floor (no wounds are visible). A man and a woman are chased into an engine room where gunshots pierce tanks of crude oil that spills on the floor causing the gunmen chasing them to arm themselves with knives so that the room would not explode from gunfire sparks; the woman straps knives to her boots and skates through the oil stabbing and striking the gunmen, she head-butts one man and throws a knife into his chest before shooting any remaining men (no wounds or blood are visible).
► A woman shoots at a man getting into a vehicle and the driver is struck and slumps over with blood on her chest and on a handkerchief that the man used to try to stop the bleeding. A man shoots another man in the head. A man is shot in the head. A man loads a shotgun and shoots a man at close range (we do not see the result). A woman puts drops of a poison on her finger and licks it; she then collapses dead on a table. A man shoots several people in a hallway and tells a woman that she must stomp on their heads with her foot; she tries to raise her foot over one gunman’s head as he raises his hand holding a gun and the first man stomps on his head (off-screen, but we hear a crunch). A man breaks into a hotel room and holds a gun to a man’s head, then shoots a woman in the chest after she holds a gun on a woman (she is thrown back against a wall and appears dead) and knocks the man out. A woman shoots a man in the chest (we see blood on his shirt). A man fights with two men and snaps one man’s neck using the legs of a chair. A woman and a man fight with punches, kicks, and throws, and the woman holds the man around the throat and stands over him prepared to stomp on his head (she does not). A person hits a woman in the back of the head with a heavy wrench, knocking her out (possibly killing her).
► Many armed people surround a man in a bar and point their guns at him; the room is filled with smoke and we hear gunfire as the man escapes unharmed. A man threatens a woman with a gun while asking her for information. A man picks the lock in an apartment and many armed people arrive trying to find him and a woman; the two people hide under the floorboards and gunfire rings out when the man jumps up and attacks the gunmen fighting with and shooting them and he is thrown through the air when an explosive detonates (he is not injured). A man is punched in the face repeatedly while tied to a chair (we see his face bloodied and bruised). A woman threatens another woman for information.
► A woman speeds on a motorcycle through narrow roads and a man in a car chases her, jumping across rooftops and sliding down flights of stairs causing property damage but no apparent injuries; the woman speeds past a man that pulls her off the motorcycle and holds her in the air. A man and a woman run through a building away from gunmen and onto the roof where the man drops a cat off the roof (it lands unharmed on a padded surface below) before the man and woman fall and land on the padded surface before speeding away in a boat. A man tries to punch a woman and she deflects the blow; they fight with punches, kicks and throws, until the woman pins the man on the ground with her arm across his neck. A man drops a cat in a cat carrier onto the floor (we do not see the cat injured). A woman has a flashback to falling through ice while skating. A pot of tea is laced with sleeping aids and knocks three people out. A man threatens a cat with a knife.
► We hear that someone has hacked into a database and many people try to get the information that was stolen. We hear that a woman was in a coma and brainwashed. A woman discusses shooting a person through the “vascular corridor” without causing damage to the individual’s heart. A woman hides in a gunroom filled with many types of weapons. A man says, “I hate that cat.” A man makes a joke while in France saying, “They give me the crepes.” A man yells at a woman saying, “You are a dog person,” and she denies it.
► A woman is afraid of flying and hyperventilates and taps on her head for stress control until a man helps her calm down. A man swats a cat off a counter and onto the floor (the cat is not harmed). A man swats at a cat and the cat scratches him (we do not see blood). A woman is shown in a hospital with scars and bruises on her face and wearing a neck brace. A man hurts his back during a fight and stretches it causing a cracking sound. A man who is allergic to cats sneezes and blows his nose in several scenes; he blows his nose into his T-shirt in one scene (we do not see mucus).

Argylle LANGUAGE 5

 – At least 1 F-word, 13 scatological terms, 4 anatomical terms, 5 mild obscenities, name-calling (cop out, stupid, pervert, bad guys, turncoat, fortune-teller, rogue, cheesy, incompetent imbecile, hot sauce, dumbest, my dear, bottom feeders, sucker, fleabag, cool cat, dumb, cloak and dagger, dump), exclamations (oh my goodness, gosh, I wish, oh boy, I am losing my mind, friggin’ far out, get lost Romeo, oh man, freaking out, relax, you kicked the hornet’s nest, pop that cherry, I swear), 10 religious profanities (GD), 17 religious exclamations (e.g. oh my God, oh thank God, oh God, honest to God, God, God no, for the love of baby Jesus, God forbid, Holy moly, Holy [scatological term deleted]). | profanity glossary |

Argylle SUBSTANCE USE

 – A woman puts drops of a poison on her finger and licks it, a pot of tea is laced with sleeping aids and knocks three people out, and a man inhales from a nasal spray for allergies to a cat. A man stabs himself in the legs with a few adrenaline pens after being shot, and a woman accuses another woman of using drugs. People drink champagne and beer in a bar, a man and a woman drink champagne, a man drinks champagne on a plane, a man and a woman drink glasses of wine, a woman drinks glasses of beer in several scenes, and a man gives a woman a tour through a vineyard.

Argylle DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Espionage, brainwashing, cliffhangers, trust, compromise, recovering memories, coping mechanisms, the CIA, deep fakes, systems hacking.

Argylle MESSAGE

 – We can never run away from our past.