Charlie Wilson

Advantages Engrossing, clever, an eye-opener.
Disadvantages none

...Director: Mike Nichols Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin Book: George Crile Genre: Biography - Drama Country: USA Certification: 15+ Language: English Released: 5th May, 2008 (DVD) MAIN CAST: Tom Hanks (Charlie Wilson) Amy Adams (Bonnie Bach) Julia Roberts (Joanne Herring) Philip Seymour Hoffman (Gust Avrakotos) In the early 1980's, the USA was smack in the middle of a cold war with Russia. While The USA was keeping a close watch on Russia's growing army and tensions were at there highest, the Russians invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to enrich themselves with the country's crude oil. Because Afghanistan did not have an acting army, it was down to the people to defend themselves against the Russians... not an easy task considering that they didn't have the necessary weapons to fight. With the Russians... Read review

Advantages Clever, Great Chemistry Between Leads, Nice Twists
Disadvantages A Little One-Sided

...Charlie Wilson is a Texan politician famed for his hard-drinking, hard-living ways; famed for getting things done in politics and desired by all the women around him. Secure in his place in the world, he focuses entirely on representing his state, with little interest in foreign politics or upsetting the order of anything. However, when he comes into contact with Joanne, a powerful and rich Southern socialite, with ideas of stopping the Russians from entering Afghanistan he gets embroiled in a race to raise arms for the Afghans. But will his political position and good name stay intact when all is said and done? Charlie Wilson's War is a witty and sophisticated drama about war-fare and politics in the time of the Cold War. Filled with sass and smarts it successfully makes the political drama entertaining and informative with three... Read review

Advantages The return of Julia Roberts, and a dirty mouthed Hanks
Disadvantages A bit too political during the first half

...He was an alcoholic, a drug user, a womaniser, and a congressman; but one day Charlie Wilson started a chain of events that bought acclaim, but ultimately caused America to have a terrible loss. I can't deny that during the first portion of Charlie Wilson's War I was a little baffled, I don't consider myself to be stupid but I found a lot of the political build up to the movies main story difficult to follow. And I guess like many people watching the movie that live outside America they might feel the same. This is due to the differences between our political systems, but once you have chance to absorb what's being said, and more importantly what's actually happening slowly things start to make a lot of sense indeed. Charlie Wilson is not painted in a particularly good light; in fact it's one of those dark lights that could... Read review