Argo , IQ Score 164/200
Argo has an IQ Score of 164/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Masterclass tier.
Measurably increases domain knowledge or cognitive capacity
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Ben Affleck's 2012 Best Picture-winning film about the CIA's exfiltration of six American hostages during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. The structural commitment to letting Tony Mendez's actual covert-operation cognitive material be the subject, and the Bryan Cranston / Alan Arkin / John Goodman supporting trio, is canonical 2010s prestige thriller.
Best Picture.
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