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Charlie Wilson's War
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Universal Pictures |
| Web Site: |
www.charliewilsonswar.net |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you want
to expose them to nudity, drugs, alcohol, and war. |
| Date Movie: |
It's good for the
both of you. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Lots of boobs and
talked about sex. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
You get some war
violence. |
| Action: |
Nope. |
| Laughs: |
Quite a few.
Some just chuckles, some belly-laughs. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Charlie meeting
the weapon's expert. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
One of Charlie's
secretaries: "You can teach him to type but you can't teach
him to grow tits.," that and Charlie calling his secretaries
"Jailbait." |
| Directed By: |
Mike Nichols |
| Produced By: |
Tom Hanks, Gary
Goetzman |
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Charlie Wilson's War
A Movie Review |
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As my stalker fest of actresses continues, today I went
to see "Charlie Wilson’s War," and you know what that means,
yup, I’ve got a new actress to stalk. First there was Diane
Kruger in the "National Treasure" movie, yesterday was Jenna
Fischer from the "Walk Hard" film, and I’ll bet you’re
thinking that this time it must be Julia Roberts. Well,
you’re wrong. Julia did look fine but I couldn’t get past
the hairdo, instead I was smitten with Amy Adams. Enough
with my actress stalking, let’s get to "Charlie Wilson’s
War."
Back in the 1980’s the Afghan people were trying to stop
the Russians from invading their country, but they lacked
the firepower to stop them. Enter Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks), a US
Congressman from Texas. He was a partier, liked women and
booze, but then found himself taking the side of the
Afghans, wondered why our government wasn’t helping them,
then, being a member of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, and
with the help of CIA dude Gust (Philip Seymour Hoffman),
secured the money, secured the means to get the weapons in
the hands of the Afghans, who in turn got rid of the
Russians.
Okay, the movie’s not really that simple because there’s
also Joanne (Julia Roberts), a wealthy Texas woman who
Charlie is smitten with (and jazzes), who actually seems
like the mastermind behind Charlie, convincing him of the
need for the government interaction.
And then, even more, the movie’s not really that simple,
and you would almost think with the topic at hand that
"Charlie Wilson’s War" was a serious look at Congressional
politics, the United States getting involved in foreign
affairs, and crap like that, but nope, this movie takes a
comedic side, highlighting the womanizing aspect of Charlie,
the ballsy nature of Gust, and the highfalutin nature of
Joanne. And you know what, serious topic aside, the movie is
very funny. Tom Hanks is great as a dude who is loving life
then seems to get his calling to change the world, Julia
Roberts is great as the Texas socialite, I loved Amy Adams
as Charlie’s assistant doing her best to keep Charlie in
check, but the absolute show-stealer is Philip Seymour
Hoffman in the role of the CIA operative, with a smart mouth
but knowing to keep his job he needs to have blackmailing
information on his bosses.
It’s a weird movie that can teeter between a serious
topic like the United States funding covert operations to
boot the Russians out of Afghanistan in the ‘80’s yet making
it a fun time, and "Charlie Wilson’s War" does just that.
From some of the things I’ve read the movie takes it a
little easy with Charlie and his reputation as a partier
(although the opening scene in Las Vegas sure sets it up
nicely), and the movie does stay away from getting too
political, which is nice.
At the end of it all I give "Charlie Wilson’s War" 4
stars out of 5. It’s a movie that will make you think about
some serious government issues but still will make you
laugh. And oh, the days when you could hire a bunch of hotties, call them "Jailbait," and get away with it.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
