Awesome Movie

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Doing a supposed satirical comedy about a conflict that last for almost 2 decades and has cot numerous losses of humans lives is a challenge. This one has also failed. Remember the amputee soldier? Not funny. Make sex at any cost? Gross. Talk dirty is not funny is cheap joke. This movie miss the point of trying to show a conflict in a country ravaged by extremists, terror attacks, cronic corruption, inhospitable land in a funny way.

This movie was FAR better than I expected, Tina Fey, always good, was great, Martin Freeman was super watchable, Billy Bob Thornton looked better than I've seen him in years, and (can't believe I'm saying this) Margot Robbie did an excellent job portraying reporters not as seekers of the truth, which they aren't, but as vain, self-absorbed, opportunists more than willing to put others in harm's way if it gets their station a ratings bump. On a side note, heckuva depiction of ME for what most of it is, people with no desire for modernity. They're backwards, and they like it. We should get out of there.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot has been on my watch list since I first saw the trailer, but for whatever reason, every time I had a chance to watch it, I didn't. Maybe I worried it'd be too cheesy. Tina Fey can be a mixed bag for me. So much talent, so much intelligence, but sometimes she's too over the top. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this film exceeded my expectations. It was nice to see Tina Fey in a more dramatic, subtle role, yet still with her trademark awkwardness. Martin Freeman was outside his usual realm of serious, thoughtful characters, taking a turn for a more carefree, rakish, charming photographer. Margot Robbie stole her scenes, as usual. Billy Bob Thornton was perfectly cast. The writing was nuanced, somehow managing to be about the war, yet also these reporters, yet also about friendship, and yet also about our heroine. Very surprised by how great this was. Will definitely watch again.

Tina Fey is Tina Fey in this movie. I loved the fact that she didn't pretend to be anything else. Westerners behaved like westerners in this movie.Many war films try to sell you the emotional experience of a war. This is an American woman's story in Afganistan. Her world is other people like her and one slim contact with the world that she was in. Yes the movie is self-centered. Let's not bullshit ourselves into thinking we can be a whole lot more than that.