Genuinely witty and entertaining .
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01/22/08
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
83 %
Reviews Counted: 176 Fresh: 146 Rotten:30 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus:
Charlie Wilson's War manages to entertain and inform audiences, thanks to its witty script and talented cast of power players.
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Theatrical Release: 11-01-2008
Synopsis: Charlie Wilson's War is the true story of how a playboy congressman, a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War,... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty
Director: Mike Nichols
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Composer: James Newton Howard
Screenwriter: Aaron Sorkin
Producer: Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
Composer: James Newton Howard
Reviews
It all adds up to something very unsatisfying, and less than honest.
01/11/08
Top Critic
Philip Seymour Hoffman provides a wonderful comic foil as the straight-talking CIA operative who helps Wilson in his covert dealings with the Afghan rebels.
01/11/08
The surreal comedy is that every tense twist of this secret war is horribly true.
01/11/08
Top Critic
The film itself may be uneven, but it’s worth catching for Hoffman alone who gets to deliver some of the funniest lines to grace a movie in years.
01/11/08
Less than the sum of its A-list parts, Nichols’ grown-up satire only catches fire when Hoffman’s steamed up.
01/11/08
The performances are likeable and entertaining, while Nichols pumps the whole proceedings with a satisfyingly fluid, dramatic energy.
01/11/08
Top Critic
Extremely enjoyable. Although it’s a little tonally unsure, whenever Hanks and Hoffman are on screen, any misgivings are forgiven.
01/11/08
Top Critic
War has rarely been this much fun, but director Mike Nichols is careful to offset the mischief with a poignant reminder of the days that lay ahead.
01/07/08
Top Critic
In Mike Nichols' smart satire of US engagement with the Middle East, history is shown to repeat itself as both tragedy and farce.
12/13/07
Top Critic
This film may be based on real events but it plays out like a sharp and often absurd political satire.
06/08/08
[A]nyone who's seen, say, Michael Winterbottom's Welcome to Sarajevo or even one of those late-night "Save the Children" TV spots has seen much more gut-punching stuff.
05/01/08
The dialogue zings and pops whether you are trying to keep up with Hanks and Hoffman as they exchange one-liners or trying to fully understand the foreign affairs...
03/04/08
Suficientemente interessante para figurar entre os diversos trabalhos que fizeram de 2007 um ano tão forte para o Cinema norte-americano.
03/01/08
Two vaguely amoral do-gooders do their part to fight Commies in a secret hot war during a cold one%u2026you know, the one that installed the Taliban in Afghanistan and turned it into a place armed to the teeth and crazy pissed at us. Then Sorkin and Nich
02/16/08
Smart, sophisticated and stylish, "Charlie Wilson's War" is a victory for thinking adults.
02/09/08
Una inteligente sátira política, que se queda corta como crítica a la intervención de EEUU en Medio Oriente pero funciona muy bien como comedia. Tom Hanks y Philip Seymour Hoffman están formidables.
01/31/08
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