Synopsis
The true story of Texas congressman Charlie Wilson's covert dealings in Afghanistan, where his efforts to assist rebels in their war with the Soviets had some unforeseen and long-reaching effects.
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Cast
- Tom HanksCharlie Wilson
- Julia RobertsJoanne Herring
- Philip Seymour HoffmanGust Avrakotos
- Amy AdamsBonnie Bach
- Emily BluntJane Liddle
- Om PuriPresident Zia
- Shiri ApplebyJailbait - Charlie's Angels
- Rachel NicholsSuzanne - Charlie's Angels
- Wynn EverettReceptionist - Charlie's Angel
- Jud TylorCrystal Lee
Recommendations
- 88
ReelViews
With its rapid pace, smart screenplay, and top-notch acting, this is one of the 2007 Oscar season's most appealing and compelling adult motion pictures. - 88
Charlotte Observer
Hanks has a good time, romping around with the assurance of a holy fool. He and Roberts seem "actorish," putting on accents and mannerisms, but they're entertaining. Hoffman is something more, a scenery-devouring force of nature irresistible as a cyclone and irreverent as a stand-up comedian at a midnight show. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
It's all about a likable scoundrel who discovers what it means to act out of conviction. The film's underlying twist, though, is tartly ironic. - 80
Variety
Charlie Wilson's War is that rare Hollywood commodity these days: a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups. - 80
Village Voice
Dark and funny and mean and sexy, damned near pitch-black-perfect considering that at the end of this boozy comedy you wind up with, oh, Osama bin Laden. - 75
Rolling Stone
Rude, crude and hilarious, whether he's hitting on Joanne or brokering the sale of Soviet weapons through Israel and Islamic Pakistan, Hoffman is the film's sparking live wire. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
In this film, directed by Mike Nichols in one of his most satirical moods and scripted by Hollywood's most politically astute writer Aaron Sorkin, a womanizing, alcoholic, easily tempted bachelor gets elected in a Texas district that doesn't care what he does as long as he brings home the bacon. - 70
Newsweek
Of course, hanging over this ironic tale is the deeper historical irony--that many of the "good guy" rebels Charlie is funding (and we're cheering) will become our mortal enemies...It's as if "Titanic" ended with a celebratory shipboard banquet, followed by a postscript: by the way, it sank.
