Charlie Wilson's War

This film would have been a total disaster if it were in anybody else's hands but Mike Nichols knows how to salvage a film. After the recent failures of war related films, this film seems modified on the fly to focus more on the actors for entertainment to avoid the fate of the others and that's the biggest problem or saving grace. Julia Roberts applying mascara takes more screen time than the refugees. However the film manages to be entertaining enough thanks to the great cast, however at the cost of the real characters. It's based on a great true story and proves there's original material out there only if somebody looks for it. YRCinema's coverage of current releases.