Charlie Wilson's War (2007)

This movie really screams Aaron Sorkin in both the good and the bad. Sorkin always delivers an intelligently witty dialogue when it is non-political or political-adjacent, but his American-oriented idealism and support for Israel bleeds into the very core of the film. This focus on Wilson’s role in the war cheapens the internal dynamics and national struggle in Afghanistan, while also inundating the international politics with an American-centric ignorance. It also carries that classic Sorkin sexism through the casual objectification of women characters, a symptom of that era of Hollywood. I understand that Charlie Wilson is meant to be a flawed womanizer, but it is far too gratuitous. Stepping back from Sorkin, the character work is unfortunately flimsy. The only character that I really cared for much was Avrokados, and that was only due to his scintillating bluntness. Just a slight tinge of pretentiousness from a movie with such a narrow focus on an important world event.