Charlie Wilson's War Reviews

Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

Appearing in theaters now, Charlie Wilson's War is a good break from all the hectic holiday shopping you may be doing before Christmas.

Directed by Mike Nichols (The Graduate) and starring the versatile Tom Hanks, the movie tells the story of Congressman Charlie Wilson (Hanks), a reprobate whisky drinking womanizing public servant from a small district in Texas.

Charlie Wilson's War tells, in a comic fashion, the true story of how this Congressman, member of two influential committees, was able to bring significant covert support to the Afghan rebels during the Soviet-Afghan...

Not only is the story engagingly and wonderfully told by Aaron Sorkin's (The West Wing, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) marvelous script and dialogue,...

I went into this movie with some reluctance, being with my family group and not having much choice in the matter.

I found I truly enjoyed the experience; the movie was not only incredibly humorous in parts, but also well paced and entertaining. At no point did I feel bored or that the movie was lagging a bit. I was a tad underwhelmed with Julia Robert's performance, but considering her part I suppose she managed to do a sufficiently decent job. I thought Tom Hanks was wonderful, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman was completely hilarious!

 All in all, I would have to give this movie 2 thumbs up.

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,...

My husband and I are the proud parents of a 2 1/2 yr old so as you can imagine we don't get out for movies much. In fact this is the second movie we've seen at the theater since our son was born. Knocked up was the first movie and it was a terrible waste of money and our precious "alone" time!

Charlie Wilson's war was definitely worth paying a babysitter for. Although the subject (war) is a serious one. Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman managed to make this movie interesting, funny and educational. I left feeling entertained and I also learned things that I didn't know before...

We watched this film on DVD last weekend. So sorry I missed it when it was playing in the cinema, I just knew it would be a good film. And I was right, the dealing, back scratching and all, although not a surprise to anyone was artfully portrayed. The characters were "real" human beings, warts, bad choices, bad moods and all.

If you missed this, as I did - rush out now, rent it and microwave the popcorn.

I promise you'll enjoy this film for it's acting, story line, some of the dialog is truly brilliant, the message it delivers at the end of it all is priceless and relates directly to the "international...

After see this movie, the pharse "road is paved with good intentions" in our effort to help, we set ourselves up for what is perhaps the largest fall, in recent US history. It also gave one reason to want not to help othersm and start helping our own people here.

Fix our problems first, sound self centered, but if we are going to remove the stains from our hands we need to use a strong soap. Also I cannot imange how the really Charlie must feel now, he really cared and tried to help, but the "road is pave with good intentions".