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- R2016 · War · 1h 51m
Mar 4, 2016 · Nonetheless, it is initially mildly entertaining to see this 40-ish fish-out-of-water character push herself beyond her unsatisfying comfort zone both at work and in her private life ( Josh Charles, who pops up occasionally as the boyfriend she left behind, might as well have “future cheater” tattooed on his forehead).
Mar 4, 2016 · Feb 10, 2021 Full Review Sara Michelle Fetters MovieFreak.com If Whiskey Tango Foxtrot isn't as incisive or as penetrating as it potentially could have been, for a major studio satirical look at ...
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- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
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- Tina Fey
Mar 3, 2016 · “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian) for language, sexual content, drug use and images of war. Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes. Whiskey ...
- Glenn Ficarra, John Requa
- Nicolas Rapold
- 112 min
Mae Abdulbaki Movies with Mae. "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is a sensitive balancing act between wit and the drama of war without ever branching into anything overly political and staying in the realm ...
- Tina Fey is a long way from 30 Rock in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
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By Josh Lasser
Updated: Nov 24, 2018 7:06 pm
Posted: Mar 3, 2016 6:22 pm
A character in Tina Fey's latest movie, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, explains war reporting as similar to the high obtained from drugs. That is, while it feels great initially, there always has to be another fix and to get the sort of adrenaline rush reporters get the first time out, they have to keep chasing bigger and bigger stories, thereby putting themselves in more and more danger. As the logic goes, the pursuit of either drugs or war reporting in this fashion leads nowhere good.
This bit of wisdom is imparted to Fey's reporter, Kim Baker, by Fahim Ahmadzai (Christopher Abbott), Kim's "fixer" for much of her time in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2006. Fahim's job is to translate, know the area, point Kim towards good stories, and keep her out of trouble (she has a security guard, played by Stephen Peacocke, for this last bit as well). As the film depicts it, Fahim's drug analogy is exactly right and the audience watches Kim go from being utterly terrified at the start of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot to lusting after stories, pursuing them no matter the potential danger.
Her fellow journalists, Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie) and Iain MacKelpie (Martin Freeman), do the same. They are all willing to turn their backs on friendship, love, and anything else to pursue their drug of choice.
While it opens wonderfully, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is never able to quite find solid footing. It has some great performances and moments that are both heartbreaking and/or humorous. But, it constantly finds itself chasing a bigger and bigger emotional response from the audience. It jumps around from what it takes for Kim, especially as a woman, to c...
Feb 28, 2016 · ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot’: Film Review. Tina Fey headlines this seriocomic look at a female reporter in Afghanistan, directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa ('Focus') and co-starring Margot Robbie.
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Mar 4, 2016 · "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is both the Tina Fey movie we want, and the one we deserve. Fey stars as Kim Baker, a TV news writer who has an OK life, an OK job, and an OK boyfriend. Everything with her is OK, but she’s hardly setting the world on fire -- so when she gets the chance to cover the war in Afghanistan in 2003, she decides that might be ...
