Box Office
Flop · 0.5xBudget$200M
Worldwide Gross$96.2M
Argylle is pure spy action-comedy entertainment built around Elly Conway's meta-fiction twist and high-stakes chases, with zero identity politics or systemic critiques driving the plot. This keeps its woke score at a safe 2/10.
Argylle is a straightforward spy action-comedy centered on reclusive author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), whose fictional plots about agent Argylle (Henry Cavill) begin mirroring real espionage involving the Division organization.
The story follows Elly and spy Aidan (Sam Rockwell) as they evade killers, with a mid-film twist revealing Elly as an amnesiac elite agent whose books draw from suppressed memories. Themes revolve around meta-fiction, amnesia, and over-the-top action sequences featuring supporting players like Samuel L. Jackson, John Cena, Dua Lipa as LaGrange, and Ariana DeBose in a tech role—pure entertainment without identity politics or systemic critiques as drivers.
We've run a full content analysis on Argylle and scored it 2/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.
Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Argylle's overall score.
Wokeometer focuses on ideological content rather than traditional ratings (violence, language, etc.). Argylle is rated PG-13. For a full picture, combine our woke analysis with the age ratingto decide if it's right for your family.
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