"Argo". A fast paced string of movie cliches being passed off as history. Swarthy, surly, curly haired bad guys seem like they're about to say, "We don't need no stinkin'badges", the "hostages" have no personalities at all and just bicker with one another, the A-list actors do mostly comic relief.

Kambiz Atabai wrote in What "Argo" gets wrong about Iran in The Daily Beast, "Argo pushes the boundaries of fairness and truthfulness beyond what some would regard as acceptable norms even for a Hollywood movie."

Ken Taylor, the Canadian Ambassador who co-ordinated the operation says,"One magazine here writes it quite properly, that Ben Affleck rewrites history. It was a Canadian Caper, done in cooperation with CIA, but very much a Canadian operation".

It's entertaining, though, and given that our American embassies seem are a sensitive issue right now, it's a big hit, and likely to win Oscars (sorry Peter Jackson, no more for you!)

The thing that grates most though, is that it's a feel-good movie about the CIA. So it goes...