Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

True story of how a playboy Texas congressman with few demands on his time and an opportunity, brought down the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. With a screenplay by Aaron Sorkin from a well regarded book, and A list stars like Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, I’m surprised this movie didn’t do better, though it did do reasonably well at the box office. Of near Catch Me If You Can levels of enjoyablitiy at parts, the film captures the 80's in a non exaggerated style, intermixing the right amount of humor with a little known history lesson. Phillip Seymour Kaufman gives an awards worthy performance, and Amy Adams is the Hollywood starlit I would most like as my own personal assistant. Nicely compact at a little over 100 minutes, it’s an epic story at comedy running time. 3 ½ out of Five.