Война Чарли Уилсона: Реакция и судьба в России.

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 82% based on 205 reviews, with an average rating of 7.00/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Charlie Wilson's War manages to entertain and inform audiences, thanks to its witty script and talented cast of power players." Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 67 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

Some Reagan Era officials, including former Under Secretary of Defense Fred Ikle, have criticized some elements of the film. The Washington Times reported claims that the film wrongly promotes the notion that the CIA led operation funded Osama bin Laden and ultimately produced the September 11 attacks; however, other Reagan era officials have been more supportive of the film. Michael Johns, the former foreign policy analyst at The Heritage Foundation and White House speechwriter to President George H. W. Bush, praised the film as "the first mass appeal effort to reflect the most important lesson of America's Cold War victory: that the Reagan led effort to support freedom fighters resisting Soviet oppression led successfully to the first major military defeat of the Soviet Union Sending the Red Army packing from Afghanistan proved one of the single most important contributing factors in one of history's most profoundly positive and important developments."

In February 2008, it was revealed that the film would not release in Russian theaters. The rights for the film were bought by Universal Pictures International (UPI) Russia. It was speculated that the film would not appear because of a certain point of view that depicted the Soviet Union unfavorably. UPI Russia head Yevgeny Beginin denied that, saying, "We simply decided that the film would not make a profit." Reaction from Russian bloggers was also negative. One wrote: "The whole film shows Russians, or rather Soviets, as brutal killers."

While the film depicts Wilson as an immediate advocate for supplying the mujahideen with Stinger missiles, a former Reagan administration official recalls that he and Wilson, while advocates for the mujahideen, were actually initially "lukewarm" on the idea of supplying these missiles. Their opinion changed when they discovered that rebels were successful in downing Soviet gunships with them.

According to Melissa Roddy, a Los Angeles film maker with inside information from the production, the film's happy ending where Wilson receives an award came about because Tom Hanks did not feel comfortable with an original draft which ended on a scene featuring the September 11 attacks. Citing the original screenplay, which was very different from the final product, in Reel Power: Hollywood Cinema and American Supremacy Matthew Alford wrote that the film gave up "the chance to produce what at least had the potential to be the Dr. Strangelove of our generation".

The film depicts the concern expressed by Charlie and Gust that Afghanistan was being neglected in the 1990s, following the Soviet withdrawal. In one of the film's final scenes, Gust dampens Charlie's enthusiasm over the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying "I'm about to give you an NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) that shows the crazies are rolling into Kandahar." As he says this, the sound of jet airliners soar overhead, a premonition of the coming 9/11 attacks. George Crile III, author of the book on which the film is based, wrote that the mujahideen's victory in Afghanistan ultimately opened a power vacuum for bin Laden: By the end of 1993, in Afghanistan itself there were no roads, no schools, just a destroyed country—and the United States was washing its hands of any responsibility. It was in this vacuum that the Taliban and Osama bin Laden would emerge as the dominant players. It is ironic that a man who had almost nothing to do with the victory over the Red Army, Osama bin Laden, would come to personify the power of the jihad. In 2008, Canadian journalist Arthur Kent sued the makers of the film, claiming that they had used material he produced in the 1980s without obtaining the proper authorization. On September 19, 2008, Kent announced that he had reached a settlement with the film's producers and distributors, and that he was "very pleased" with the terms of the settlement, which remain confidential.

Award Date of ceremony Category Nominee(s) Result Academy Awards February 24, 2008 Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman British Academy Film Awards February 10, 2008 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Chicago Film Critics Association December 13, 2007 Best Supporting Actor Critics' Choice Movie Awards January 7, 2008 Best Supporting Actor Best Writer Aaron Sorkin Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics Association December 17, 2007 Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman 2nd Place Top 10 Films 10th Place Golden Globe Awards January 13, 2008 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Tom Hanks Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Philip Seymour Hoffman Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Julia Roberts Best Screenplay Aaron Sorkin National Society of Film Critics January 5, 2008 Best Supporting Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman 3rd Place Online Film Critics Society January 8, 2008 Best Supporting Actor Sant Jordi Awards April 23, 2009 Best Foreign Actor Toronto Film Critics Association December 18, 2007 Best Supporting Actor Washington D. C. Area Film Critics Association December 10, 2007 Best Adapted Screenplay Aaron Sorkin World Soundtrack Academy October 18, 2008 Soundtrack Composer of the Year James Newton Howard

The film was released on DVD on April 22, 2008.