Charlie Wilson's War stars Tom Hanks (who is my fave actor ) as a Texas congressman Charlie Wilson, a womanizer who loves his scotch, who saw a news about the ongoing Afghanistan-Soviet Union War and got inspired to do something about it. He then got more persuasion from Gust Avrakotos (played by Philip Seymour Hoffman), a CIA agent as well as Joanne Herring (played by Julia Roberts) to send in more support for the Afghan warriors to fight the invading Soviet Union. He succeeded in increasing the budget for the war from 5 million to 500 million while trying to unite middle eastern country to support what he was trying to do.
I must say that I truly like this movie. The story was pretty appealing and portray pretty much what had happen during the 1980s. Tom Hanks versitality as an actor was surely put into used that surely worth his golden globe nomination. Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman acting were superb as well. Even Amy Adams as well as Charlie's angels were great. I was afraid that the movie would be paced slowly but it wasn't and the direction was quite fulfilling yet intriguing in the end. The visuals they used were mostly from news correspondence and the settings were surely truly from the 80s. Truly, the movie is captivating and historically worthy.
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But so far what we have seen was good!
I think it's "loosely based on history" but that doesn't make it any less entertaining.
The dialogue between Hanks and Hoffman is really funny.
If ya get a moment, check out my review!