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(1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "In Mike Nichols' smart satire of US engagement with the Middle East, history is shown to repeat itself as both tragedy and farce."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel 4/5 "Witty, wacky, and wildly inappropriate for our Puritan PC times, this story...breezes of effortless engagement, filled with performances so potent they act like double shots of soothing Southern Comfort."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron C "When dealing with larger-than-life personalities, world conflicts, and a future of unspeakable misery, 90 minutes and some sugared patter just doesn't satisfy."   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf C- "In place of a plot, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (writer of television's West Wing) supplants a stylistic veneer of dialogue gloss so thick that Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts are like giant fleshy insects encased in transparent amber."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "None of the participants can%u2014or will%u2014anticipate the al-Qaeda punchline, of course, but the film includes a coda to ensure you know where their chortling and short-sighted self-interests will lead."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 67/100 "Nichols and Sorkin take the easy way out, promoting the personal tale of the roguish Wilson, rather than establishing a real socio-political context within which something insightful might have emerged"   Apollo Guide   Dan Jardine 4/5 "Imagine getting a fascinating, if unsettling history lesson while watching a Judd Apatow comedy like 'Knocked Up,' and that's how 'Charlie Wilson's War' unfolds."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 4/5 "Consider it West Wing Lite, with some of Hollywood's finest at the helm."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius A "From its subject matter, you;d swear this would have been the most boring film of the year - instead, it's smart, sassy and endlessly entertaining."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher B- "Gentle spoof of the behind-the-scenes look at recent history and at the Beltway crowd."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1/4 "A forgettable and too-glossy piffle posing ridiculously as Oscar bait, Charlie Wilson's War tells a true story that warrants more respect than this lifeless, frivolous drudge of a final product."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 3/5 "Una inteligente sátira política, que se queda corta como crítica a la intervención de EEUU en Medio Oriente pero funciona muy bien como comedia. Tom Hanks y Philip Seymour Hoffman están formidables."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B "Eighty percent of Charlie Wilson's War is a dizzyingly satiric and outrageous -- and true -- story."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3.5/4 "You may find better films that deal with the precursors of our present blowback in the Middle East, but you won't find many more entertaining."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress B+ "Purely as popular entertainment, the picture snaps and crackles with colorful characters and droll dialogue, and on that level alone it's enormous fun."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "A snappy political satire about a Texas Congressman and his efforts to win the Cold War by defeating the Russians in Afghanistan in the 1980s."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3.5/4 "With its rapid pace, smart screenplay, and top-notch acting, this is one of the 2007 Oscar season's most appealing and compelling adult motion pictures."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/4 "Nichols's cut, gutted version (of Aaron Sorkin's script) offers a few cheery, breezy moments of rat-a-tat comedy, but Charlie Wilson's War stops being funny when you realize we're living in the sequel."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 5/10 "Click here to read review"   vj.net.ua   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 3/5 "entertaining, and that's about the extent of it."   Filmcritic.com   Jay Antani 6/10 "Sounds like a spy movie but it's handled as a comedy, and while the whole thing is droll (there's more than a few funny exchanges in the film), it also feels weightless."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 46/100 "Charlie Wilson's War manages to be at once utterly irresponsible and mildly entertaining."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman 7/10 "Director Mike Nichols, working from Sorkin's terrifically written screenplay and with a cast that's obviously game and eager to please, pulls it all together and makes it work in an utterly convincing and crowd-pleasing fashion"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3.5/4 "Mike Nichols' cheeky film about the Texas Congressman who helped fund the Afghan army tells one side of an important story. And it tells it well, thanks to an A-list cast and Aaron Sorkin's typically zingy script."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 7/10 "A scene-stealing performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick "Nichols and Sorkin have made a Cadillac of a movie, a handsome, beautifully designed chassis with a powerful motor and luxurious attention to detail."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 4/5 "Two vaguely amoral do-gooders do their part to fight Commies in a secret hot war during a cold one%u2026you know, the one that installed the Taliban in Afghanistan and turned it into a place armed to the teeth and crazy pissed at us. Then Sorkin and Nich"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B+ "...serves up U.S. foreign policy like a champagne cocktail - a whole lot of bubbly followed by a dash of bitters."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "A lean and tight insider's look at the absurdity, deceit, and artifice of politics."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik 3/4 "Offers some pretty good political insight for a 97-minute comedy"   Movie Habit   Marty Mapes "[I]t's funny, it's actually funny... all rapid-fire snark... Imagine if C-SPAN produced a modern screwball comedy..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "You won't likely be blown away by the film, and it's not as hard-hitting as it probably ought to be. Still, it's a solid picture with enough good elements to sell it."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan A- "Sorkin's fast, smart talk perfectly captures the smart, self-aware characters who like to pretend they can hide how much they care."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow C "Neither [Roberts] nor her illustrious co-stars can compensate for a facile screenplay without many laughs or insights into our government's inner workings."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 4/5 "Suficientemente interessante para figurar entre os diversos trabalhos que fizeram de 2007 um ano tão forte para o Cinema norte-americano."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "An often-hilarious political satire that tells a story so bizarre and unlikely that it comes as no surprise to discover that most of it is indeed true"   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski B+ "For such a serious subject, the film is surprisingly funny."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4.5/5 "Charlie Wilson's War" is intelligence to be savored appreciatively."   Film Threat   Rory L. Aronsky "A terrific tale of political wheeling and dealing."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 8/10 "Lively and enlightening, this truth-is-stranger-than-fiction caper takes an ironic, satirical, even shallow tone."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 7/10 "It's too easy a movie not to like it, as a diversion rather than a serious work of art, perhaps."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 42) of 42 OFCS Rating: 76% Fresh Page   1