5/16/2023 0 Comments Whiskey tango foxtrot![]() ![]() I would strongly encourage you to seek this one out, you'll be glad you did. This movie is much, much more than a simple rom-com or military comedy, it is a Comedy/Drama that brings quite a bit of heart to it. He also gave me the best laugh in this movie (a joke I will not spoil here). ![]() This fits well in this movie, for the Commanding General in that region should be heads and shoulders above the rest. While he does not have many scenes in the movie, he brings a presence that is heads and shoulders above everyone else when he is on screen. Special mention should be made of Billy Bob Thornton's General Hollander - the US Commander in the region. She has a very strong supporting cast around her - Martin Freeman as an Irish photographer, Margot Robbie (who continues to grow as an actress) as a friend/journalist competitor to Fey, Alfred Molina as an Afghanistan politician and newcomer (at least to me) Christoper Abbott as Fey's interpreter - they all bring something interesting to the table that helps this movie along. I was impressed with her serious work in THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU and was anxious when it looked like her career regressed with last December's SISTERS, but I'm happy to say she continues to grow as an actress and she is strong in this part. It is her transition to a more serious reporter, addicted to the adrenaline of her job that Fey really shines. ![]() She is a gifted comedienne, so these scenes looked effortless for her. I was a little nervous, at first, as all the funny parts that were in the trailer were in the first 1/2 hour of this film - and Fey handles those with aplomb. Fey is perfectly cast as the central character - war correspondent Kim Baker - who heads to an overseas assignment in Afghanistan to escape a rather humdrum life. What starts out as a funny and corny "fish out of water" movie, slowly morphs into a more serious film about the addictive nature of constantly being in a warzone situation. Such is my hope with Tina Fey's latest film WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT - a satirical view of the conflict in Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of a novice International reporter (Fey). One of the reasons that I write reviews of movies is that I hope to turn people on to good movies that might otherwise fly under their radar. How easy is to feel unnatural situations as normal when you are a long way from home. It might not be a great movie but it's not boring and you get something out of the inner journey of the protagonist. ![]() It starts like that but it evolves to other genres really quick. Overall: Don't expect a comedy because of Tina Fey. The rest of the cast includes well known actors like Alfred Molina, Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and Margot Robbie. It starts as a comedy, something you might expect because of the main actress, but soon the situations become real and more dramatic. Tina Fey plays Kim Barker, a real person and an actual journalist, who is dissatisfying from her career covering low profile stories, and decides to go to Afghanistan as a war correspondent for a few months, or so she thought. Without excelling in any of that, it manages to be a well balanced movie in the 110 minutes of its duration. is a movie which tries to belong in too many genres simultaneously, including Comedy, Drama, Romance, War, Action, Documentary, and has a statement to make about pretty much everything including long-distance relationships, politics, professionalism, cultural differences etc. ![]()
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