Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

6.5	Listal rating
7.2	IMDB rating

Directed by

Mike Nichols

Starring (View all)

Tom Hanks

Charlie Wilson

Amy Adams

Bonnie Bach

Julia Roberts

Joanne Herring

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Gust Avrakotos

CIA Award Presenter

Paul Brown

Crystal Lee

Kelly

Written by

Aaron Sorkin

(screenplay)

George Crile

(book)

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War and Peace...

3 years, 5 months ago at Dec 3 8:53

AgentLexi

2 votes

''A boy is given a horse on his 14th birthday. Everyone in the village says, 'Oh how wonderful.' But a Zen master who lives in the village says, 'We shall see.' The boy falls off the horse and breaks his foot. Everyone in the village says, 'Oh how awful.' The Zen master says, 'We shall see.' The village is thrown into war and all the young men have to go to war. But, because of the broken foot, th... read more

Pleasant Footnote on History

3 years, 9 months ago at Jul 28 7:25

nataliegoes

1 vote

This very watchable film is the true(ish) story of one unusual congressman in the early 1980's, who has the luxury of not having to play the politics so many representatives must. He has never had to ask favors of others, and has secured so many favors, that when he finds something he is passionate about he's able to call in all those chips. And his passion has accidentally become the situation ... read more

A fun watch

4 years, 4 months ago at Jan 20 9:21

Rollo Tomasi

1 vote

I was highly entertained by the tongue-in-cheek satirical feel of this films plot, and it's references to 1980's culture. Hanks and Roberts didn't bring anything special to the production, but a supporting role.

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Description: In the early 1980s, Charlie Wilson is a womanizing US congressional representative from Texas who seemed to be in the minor leagues, except for the fact that he is a member of two major foreign policy and covert-ops committees. However, prodded by his major conservative supporter, Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight of the ... (more)

Release date : 21 December 2007

Drama (13), Politics (12), War (9), Biography (7), 2000s (7), 2007 (6), Afghanistan (6), Cold War (5), Cia (5), Usa (4), Weapons (4), Drugs (3), Scandal (3), True Story (2), Nudity (2), Congressman (2), Mujahideen (2), 1980s (2), Washington D.C. (2), Christianity (2)

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johanlefourbe posted a review 2 weeks, 2 days ago

A good movie

“Since I have a weak spot for Mike Nichols, I thought I should check out this movie. Eventually, even though it was nothing really mind-blowing, I still enjoyed it. First of all, there was a pretty cool cast (Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt) and I especially enjoyed Philip Seymour Hoffman who was really good as usual. Basically, the whole thing is a political satire based a on a true story. I always had a weak spot for movies dealing with politics and I thought it was an interesting story. My complain would be that the tone was just a little too light-hearted for my taste and it would have worked better if the whole thing had been more serious or at least, darker in tone. To conclude, even though it is not one of the best movies directed by Mike Nic” read more

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"22.1.11. TV Mike Nicholsin draamakomediassa Tom Hanks esittää Charlie Wilsonia, mitätöntä teksasilaista senaattoria, joka vaikuttuu Afganistanin sotatantereella näkemistään kärsimyksistä 1980-luvulla kylmän sodan riehussa. Wilson päättää ryhtyä yhteistyöhön kreikkalaissyntyisen CIA-agentin (Philip Seymour Hoffman) kanssa, jotta neukut saisivat köniinsä ja alkaa ajaa hankkeita, joilla voitaisiin tukea afgaanisotureita aseellisesti. Wilson onnistuukin, Afganistanista tulee en"