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, Houston Socialite Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gustav "Gust" Avrak... (Full plot summary below)
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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, Houston Socialite Joanne Herring, Wilson learns about the plight the people are suffering in the brutal Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With the help of the maverick CIA agent, Gustav "Gust" Avrakotos, Wilson dedicates his canny political efforts to supply the Afghan mujahideen with the weapons and support to defeat the Soviet Union. However, Charlie Wilson eventually learns that while military victory can be had, there are other consequences and prices to that fight that are ignored to everyone's sorrow.
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| NewsweekDavid AnsenOf course, hanging over this ironic tale is the deeper historical irony--that many of the "good guy" rebels Charlie is funding (and we're cheering) will become our mortal enemies...It's as if "Titanic" ended with a celebratory shipboard banquet, followed by a postscript: by the way, it sank. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleIf we learned anything from The Da Vinci Code, it is how you should never under estimate Tom Hanks with a goofy hair cut. |
| Urban CinefileUrban Cinefile CriticsIt's not a war movie but it plays against a backdrop of war; it's not a comedy but it has plenty of humour; it's not a romance but the romantic relationships matter; it's not a political story but everything is political |
| NewsBlazeKam WilliamsHave you ever hear of Congressman Charlie Wilson who served Texas' 2nd District from 1973 to 1996? Neither had I, despite the fact that he was virtually single-handedly responsible for toppling the Soviet Union. |
| Salon.comStephanie ZacharekPhilip Seymour Hoffman utters one of the year's most refreshing lines in this terrific tale of political wheeling and dealing. |
| E! OnlineChris FarnsworthThe movie really snaps when Hanks and Hoffman are firing screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's dialogue back and forth, discussing arms deals with deadpan humor. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle FettersFrom the moment it starts to the second it ends the film oozes intelligently hysterical pleasure and I for one can't think of a better way of spending an evening than this. |
| New York TimesA.O. ScottMore of a hoot than any picture dealing with the bloody, protracted fight between the Soviet Army and the Afghan mujahedeen has any right to be. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martinis is a charming, slight film - a nice little movie. And that's great. But somehow I think the filmmakers were hoping for something more. |
| NewsBlazePrairie MillerHanks brings down the USSR superpower solo, on his down time between snuggling with herds of babes in the buff, snorting coke, and full time boozing. File this one under the Pink Elephants section. |
