nice to see a comedy for grown ups . masterfully structure by aaron sorkin via mike nichols own mastery . mr nichol mastery be to present character in all their shocking truth and from the sad and rivet richard burton and elizabeth taylor in who afraid of virginia woolf to the sad and rivet julia robert and clive owen and jude law and natalie portman in closer . in charlie wilson war the shocking truth be outside the character and the sad and rivet tom hank and julia robert and philip seymour hoffman and amy adam be at the service of something else and it personal only to a point . hank have to bury his brilliance in single malt and julia robert throw party and introduces character with blatant straightforwardness . amy adams witness and exist a a character and witnessing . an insurmountable task that miss adam manages to surmount and beautifully . it be philip seymour hoffman gu with a t and however and that monopolize my attention . his character may not be a first but it be a first the way that hoffman present him to u . someone who survive the disregard with which he treat by the absolute conviction that he smart than all of them put together . hoffman be superb . the pacing of the tale help enormously not to fall in a myriad of useless question . a sharp and short and smart and sad comedy and when be the last time i be able to say that .