'Charlie' gets some help from the trades
Us pesky bloggers weren't terribly impressed, but Variety and The Hollywood Reporter both came to the resuce of "Charlie Wilson's War" yesterday, with Todd McCarthy and Kirk Honeycutt running positive assessments.
I'll just re-publish Jeffrey Wells' quick item:
Todd McCarthy called it "a smart, sophisticated entertainment for grownups...snappy, amusing and ruefully ironic." And the Hollywood Reporter's Kirk Honeycutt said...well, it's hard to find a tight summation of opinion, but he notes that this "outrageous tale of 1980s-era good corruption, apparently largely true and all the more outrageous for that, might be the perfect antidote to today's shrill political scene with Republicans and Democrats staking out intractable positions and accomplishing little."
Red Carpet District is Variety contributor Kristopher Tapley's attempt at making sense of the ever-expanding glut of film awards coverage. He's been on the beat for six years. Email 
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