Review of Charlie Wilson's War (2007) by Jim A — 30 Sep 2009

Charlie Wilson's war is a movie about a playboy congressman who finally wakes up to the seriousness of war that is plaguing Afghanistan, so he aims to do something about, he plans to launch the biggest covert operation in history.

This was a film I liked from the opening scene it was fresh, smart, original, daring, funny, heart warming and dare I say it. Inspirational. This movie was very good in the way it played out and it convinces you that even the most self-centered and non ambitions person can become a hero to many(too bad it was to a nation that later attacked us.) It's premise is something new that hasn't been done quite this way before, it turns an egotistical, playboy, have a good time, congressman into a real man instead of the man-boy he was in the beginning.

Tom Hanks turns in an impressive and dynamic performance as the real life Charlie Wilson and Phillip Seymour Hoffman follows right along with him but is even more dynamic and astounding then Hanks is. The only let down in this films is Julia Roberts, her performance was awful and quite annoying but still actually good. Amy Adams who I thought was great but should have had a bigger part she brings an innocents and grace to this films sexual and sometimes Violent themes(I have zero problem with violence) but she gives the film a spark of style and charm and really brings up this film in a very positive way.

As for the story, the story was amazing Mike Nichols brings out the parts of this odd ball sequences of events and turns into an even more odd ball dramedy that is both eye and mind candy. It's a glorious exultation of grandeur and style and of one man's journey form being a nobody to being a somebody and how you can change things around you if you just give it a shot.

It's a great zero to hero story that you can enjoy again and again and each time you see it you'll have the same feeling of patriotism and glory that Senator Wilson felt. It's a film that you can't overlook. All in all Charlie Wilson's War is one fight you want to be part of.