Charlie Wilson's War Review

I found Charlie Wilson's War to be a really well-written movie, with dialog that kept me interested and riveted the whole way through.  This movie also gives a really intriguing view of recent history and how politics supposedly gets played.

As always, Philip Seymour Hoffman steals the show by being profoundly in character and not missing a beat.  Tom Hanks does a good job of showing range of emotion and Julie Roberts, well.....I guess they needed another big name.

Despite the intended blockbuster-ness of this movie, I thought it did a good job of showing the character development of Charlie Wilson, a man without much purpose in politics who suddenly finds himself championing a cause, even if he can't do the same for his personal life. 

In short, I would recommend this as a highly entertaining, interesting and intellectually stimulating movie, despite that Julie Roberts, who, sadly, just keeps showing up everywhere.