Actual house guests recount the real life harrowing experiences they endured along with CIA Agent Tony Mendez' experience and President Jimmy Carter's dealing with the event.
Reviews
It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.