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Title: Charlie Wilson's War
Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/
URL Source: http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews ... w/17652584/charlie_wilsons_war
Published: Dec 29, 2007
Author: PETER TRAVERS
Post Date: 2007-12-29 15:15:49 by robin
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Charlie Wilson's War

Starring: Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Mayte Garcia

Directed by: Mike Nichols

RS: 3of 4 Stars Average User Rating: 3.5of 4 Stars

2007 Universal Pictures Drama

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There's a great story here. If you don't know Charlie Wilson, he was the Democratic Texas congressman — with a rep as a boozing horn dog — who finagled covert financial support so the Afghan mujahideen could stick it to the Russians during the 1980s. The late George Crile, of 60 Minutes, wrote a fascinating book about Charlie in 2003. Now Hollywood steps in. That's Tom Hanks playing Charlie and lending the role his considerable charm and sly wit, though he doesn't seem that into the lechery. That's Julia Roberts, all blond and steel-magnolia-ish as Joanne Herring, the Houston socialite on Charlie's side in and out of bed. Director Mike Nichols, who last prowled the D.C. scene in Primary Colors, is a master at putting zing in the zingers that come courtesy of screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (The West Wing). But somehow a chunk of history has been boiled down to a ninety-seven-minute movie that skims when you want it to skewer. The only exception comes when Philip Seymour Hoffman pops up as rogue CIA op Gust Avrakotos and starts making comic hay of the way things work on the Beltway. 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. This is certainly the most dynamic of the war films that have been choking and dying at the multiplex. But the satiric energy undercuts a deeper provocation, namely that Charlie's efforts inadvertently helped to equip what would become Al Qaeda. "We fucked up the endgame" is the way Charlie put it. You might say the same for the movie.

PETER TRAVERS

(Posted: Dec 13, 2007)


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robin  posted on  2007-12-29   15:20:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: robin (#0)

"We fucked up the endgame" is the way Charlie put it. You might say the same for the movie.

funny. i think i'll wait til it hits the rental stores.

christine  posted on  2007-12-29   15:23:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: christine (#2)

I might wait too.

The US brought down the Soviet Empire through the war in Afghanistan, supported by the CIA.

We are in a costly war in Iraq and Afghanistan, contemplating bombing Iran, but somehow we're going to survive? Who benefits?

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robin  posted on  2007-12-29   16:36:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: robin (#0)

The world would've been better off without Charlie Wilson.


I've already said too much.

MUDDOG  posted on  2007-12-29   17:46:08 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: MUDDOG, christine (#4)

At the end of the movie, a quote of his is all that's on the screen:

"We fucked up the endgame."

It was better than I thought it would be.

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robin  posted on  2007-12-29   22:28:47 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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robin  posted on  2007-12-30   12:50:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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