Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, and Billy Bob Thornton
Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
**This film is currently streaming via Amazon Prime***
A film about an embedded American news reporter in Afghanistan from 2003-2006,
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot works for its first half when its goal is a fish out of water comedy. However, as it progresses and becomes a bit more serious, it falls apart. It's no fault of Tina Fey who plays Kim, the central character of the piece who leaves behind a serious boyfriend to try and find her career calling as an on air cable news reporter in the war-torn Middle East. Fey holds our attention and does a nice job of balancing her character's comedic moments with the weight of her character's situation of being a woman in a society that treats women in a much different light than America.
Still, while Fey balances things well, the film itself doesn't succeed in that regard. When it shifts to be something way too serious in its final half, it stands in too stark contrast to what came before it. Like Fey, the cast is engaging, but the likes of Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, and Billy Bob Thornton aren't enough to lift this one above being a disappointment.
The RyMickey Rating: C-
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