Charlie Wilson's War (4 stars) 查理•威爾遜的戰爭(四顆星)

Author: George Crile Writer: Aaron Sorkin Director: Mike Nichols Cast: Tom Hanks as Charlie Wilson, Julia Roberts as Joanne Herring, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Gust Avrakotos, Amy Adams as Bonnie Bach, Ned Beatty as Doc Long, Om Puri as Zia-Ul-Haq, Emily Blunt as Jane Liddle, Ken Stott as Zvi 

Review: One of finest political comedy i have seen. Dialog is sharp, plot is fast moving, content is serious yet entertaining, all characters are at their best especially Hoffman and Hanks. It is political, emotional and sendimental; what else can you ask for? Leaving the controversial historical details aside, my two thumbs up to director Mike Nichols, for he made a kick-ass scrīpt come to life, this is definitely my type of movie.

Sorry for leaving out the synopsis, given the movie is kinda dated. Before i go, i d like to quote on a Rotten Tomatoes review, it cracked me up for some reason:

"Charlie Wilson's War is interesting, but I want to see Charlie Murphy's War. Send Eddie's brother to Afghanistan to entertain them all with his true Hollywood stories. " -Fred Topel, Can Magazine

評論：我看過最好的政治喜劇之一。對白很尖銳，情節緊湊，內容嚴肅但娛樂性強，所有角色都很到位，尤其是霍夫曼和漢克斯。融合了政治、情感和多愁善感，你還能要求什麽?撇開有爭議的歷史細節不說，我為導演邁克•尼科爾斯叫好，他創作了一部貼近生活的好電影，正是我最愛的類型。

對不起，沒有寫電影大綱，因為這部電影已經不新了。結束之前，引用一句Rotten Tomatoes的影評，它讓我有些崩潰：

“查理•威爾遜的戰爭很有趣，但我更想看查理•慕非的戰爭。應該把Eddie的兄弟連同他真實的好萊塢故事送到阿富汗，給他們帶去娛樂。” - Fred Topel，罐頭雜誌。