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Amy Adams, Brian Markinson, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Julia Roberts, Mary Page Keller, Mayte Garcia, Ned Beatty, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Shiri Appleby, Spencer Garrett, Tom Hanks
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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It?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)
Great 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.
Great movie. I love how they put this one together without flashing the obvious in front of your face. Great acting and great directing.
Not 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)
#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)
Clever 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, but not quite.
History and comedy make strange bedfellows. This is an interesting movie with a good story to tell. You don't have to be into history or politics to enjoy it, but it would help.
Tom Hanks is excellent as always. While you are always aware of Hanks and Julia Roberts on the screen...( read more)
this 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
Tom Hanks does a great job in my opinion,he shows both charisma and char...( read more)
