Amy Adams, Brian Markinson, Emily Blunt
Charlie Wilson was a bachelor congressman from Texas who had a habit of showing up in hot tubs with strippers and cocaine. His "Good Time Charlie" exterior, however, masked an extraordinary mind, a de...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 22, 2008
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October 2, 2009It?s funny, this is the history of one of the most serious turn of events effecting the world today. We all know where it?s led so far but no one knows how it?s going to end, probably badly, yet Mike Nichols has somehow demonstrated the importance and impact of this issue while g...( read more)
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September 16, 2009Great cast and movie plot. Starts kind of slow but gets interesting when Tom Hanks starts traveling. Dealt mainly with the US supplying weapons to Afghanistan to fight the Russian and then hints at the end of the future blowback that this would cause. Tom Hanks/PSH duo is solid.
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April 9, 2009Great movie. I love how they put this one together without flashing the obvious in front of your face. Great acting and great directing.
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April 3, 2009Not without its charm, but much of what could have been its brilliant political satire and comedy is lost in the mire of international relations that is required to understand the plot. I think this movie could have been much better in the hands of the Cohen brothers, but maybe I...( read more)
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December 19, 2008#28: Charlie Wilson's War
Tom Hanks brings the funny as a playboy congressman messing around with Afghanistan politics, but it?s Philip Seymour Hoffman?s lizard-eyed CIA agent who really steals the show. A politically astute and very funny movie, it?s no surprise to discover that...( read more) -
November 8, 2009this movie is based on the true story of how Charlie Wilson, an alcoholic womanizer and Texas congressman, persuaded the CIA to train, and arm resistance fighters in Afghanistan to fend off the Soviet Union
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November 2, 2009very funny and poignant too- true stories like this HAVE to be real because it is too bizarre
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October 28, 2009really nice biopic adaptation on the eccentric ways to interpret the war .. smart funny ways to portray the unique of Charlie Wilson
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October 27, 2009i think the movie is just fine but not a disastrous one. overall only philip seymour hoffman stand out in this movie.
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October 27, 2009Clever little piece of trick propaganda. The boyscout prism through which this film renders its events is almost absolved by the narrow beam of honesty that eventually emerges, almost.
Critic Reviews
December 21, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
December 21, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
A terrific tale of political wheeling and dealing. full review
December 21, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
It is briskly paced, nimbly acted and crisply directed by Mike Nichols. full review
December 21, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The film moves along smartly despite being stuffed to bursting with details of arms deals, diplomatic ploys and political maneuvering. full review
December 21, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
The season's oddest and perhaps most effective war movie. full review
December 21, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Nichols fills the edges of the screen with unforced humor. full review
December 21, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It's quite a yarn, and the filmmakers relate it with clarity and verve.
December 17, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
Tells a momentous story -- a story every American should know -- in a boisterous, lickety-split style that makes the history lesson go down easily. full review
December 17, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
The film, adapted from George Crile's book, doesn't always work, but it sure offers value for money. full review
December 13, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
This is certainly the most dynamic of the war films that have been choking and dying at the multiplex. full review
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June 3, 2008the hisotry is good but the movie is a little bit boring for me only at the end gets good.
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April 22, 2008USA is the biggest evil and Israel is the sun
they destroy Afghanistan,Iraq, and they killed the children
in Palestine (gaza) so this movie is like G.bosh ass have much chit -
January 6, 2008December 2007 (Director: Mike Nichols) This is good movie making! Wonderful performance. Amazing performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman (Twister). I BELIEVED these characters & believed IN them. Ned Beatty stars as Defense Committee Chairman & Julia Roberts as a religious anti-communist lobbyist. Covert operations, good ol' boys & anti-communism.
Flixster - Share MoviesBased on a book by George Crile. The politics of defense, arms & cold war against Russia (aka Afghanistan support)
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