charlie wilson war demonstrate with deft veracity just how futile war can be and especially to the very people who spend countless hour and finance to fund them . virtuoso performance and remarkably memorable character team with a riotously sarcastic script catapult the film and helm by the continuously unpredictable mike nichols and to the top of the year best . politics have never be so much fun . charlie wilson ( tom hank ) be a texas congressman who be credit with almost single handedly win the cold war . hang around plenty of drug and woman and scotch and he also take an unexpected interest in the event in afghanistan and the terror of the soviet union in the 1980s . enlist the help of gust avrakotos ( philip seymour hoffman ) a renegade cia covert mission expert and joanne ( julia robert ) and a wealthy socialite and he raise money to provide afghanistan with the rocket launcher and antitank weaponry they need to cause serious damage to russian military . eventually by the end of the 80 the cold war would come to an end and and the fund would immediately be cut and thereby remove all help for the fledgling country to rebuild and recoup . the acting be exquisite and although it to be expect from the more than accomplish cast . a large part of that however and should be attribute to the script and which allow each character to be undeniably well developed and memorable . and a hearty help of that credit go to the novel of the same name and which be hilariously honest . tom hank delivers yet another unequaled performance a charlie wilson and the man who do so much for so many and yet still remain relatively unknown . philip seymour hoffman play gust and a character that be vividly boffo in both his physicality and his wry cynicism while the inimitable hoffman once again show superb range in the character he portray . julia robert be perhaps the only weak link of the film and with her generic snobbish character and not subtle enough accent . and then there wilson jailbait squad of young secretary that scamper about to keep him happy . lead by the always delightful amy adam and each support role have it mirthful moment . defeat the soviet union be not an easy task and especially consider the many conflict goal between the various political leader . why be congress say one thing and do nothing . query a disgruntled politician . tradition mostly and return wilson . everyone appear to want the cold war to end and yet a blind eye be be turn to the atrocity take place in afghanistan . it take a trip to the war torn refugee camp in pakistan to motivate wilson and as well a with his main financial source doc long ( ned beatty ) . wilson use strategic tie with committee to raise funding of weaponry in afghanistan from $ 5 million to $ 10 million with a simple command and but the president of pakistan scoff at the idea of win a war for such a trivial amount . by the end of the wilson campaign and $ 1 billion be send to the mujahedin to shoot down russian helicopter the first step toward victory and a wilson predict . beyond the scope of the film and the unresolved turmoil in afghanistan lead to far and less ignorable problem and which wilson presumably foresee . during the course of charlie wilson war and the main character travel from the united state to pakistan to afghanistan to jerusalem to egypt and but wherever they go and sarcasm always follow . there a surprising amount of comedy in the film and consider the political undertone be generally serious . hoffman provide joke with almost every exchange of dialogue and a do hank and with his naturally witty woman chase ideal . a scene early on feature gust be continually usher in out of wilson office a he try to straighten out a legal issue with his posse of gorgeous gal ( you can teach em to type and but you can not teach em to grow tit ) remind me of a slapstick routine from the marx brother . with the press focus on the drug allegation against wilson and instead of the important issue of the cold war and and the conflict desire of official to budget their help and it clear that by the end of the film and the politician be still oblivious to what really necessary . and since the screenplay be so quick witted and astute and some audience member may not be able to keep up with all of the dialogue intensive event . but and a demonstrate by the politician who be ignorant a to the difference between pakistan and afghanistan and it essentially another argument to support charlie wilson point . mike massie .