sergelamarche Humourously written story of the girl journalist covering the war in Afghanistan. Some funny events are probably true. Some dialogs are clearly joking. Serious fun!

damsho First of all sorry for my broken English. I have to say something about this movie. Spoiler ahead. As I said, the movie is more than good but what I want to bring to viewers attention is just one scene. Liberation of the Scotish photographer. I'd never, never NEVER!!! expect what I've seen. I almost lost my breath. It's probably one of the best military action ever recorded in any movie. I'm talking about video. What makes it absolutely unforgettable (for me) is audio behind it. From the moment when choppers door close with marines in it, there is no actual sound...but there is a song. And who put that song with what is going on the ground is pure genius. Never...never in a million years, I'd expect that combination.

ankrana This movie is another one from the lazy mind chain that we simply have started to refer to as 'Hollywood' nowadays. I could digest some of the American jingoism paraded recently in all their sci-fi movies, but when you are delivering something about a region torn by American hegemonic war of 16 years (and counting), the jokes about Afghan men humping donkeys as a joke just brings bad taste in the mouth.The movie is based on the memoirs of a news journalist (real life Kim Baker book ' The Taliban shuffle') who is reluctantly pushed in the war torn Afghanistan to cover the media news coverage. Tina fey stars as the main character. I'm not particularly fan of Tina fey and her pretending to put a girlish vibe in her 40's just doesn't cut it. The western women are presented as some sex deprived nymphs with lines of "when your p** starts eating your leg after 2 months then tell me". Really are women in west so thirsty after 2 months?. Almost half the movie is filled with partying of women, drinking, trying to be adventurous or just delivering nasty one liners to men about urinating in the open or becoming bold every time with false bravado. (seriously?)Characters don't really seem to give any heed to the country they are trying to cover OR the poor people they are supposed to be looking out as foreign 'saviours'. Afghans are portrayed as someone belonging to neolithic period and so is the country. As a consultant who has visited Afghanistan around the same period, I can safely say that all the caricatures developed here are utter nonsense and denigrating to the country's state as many of the amenities available in a developed society are available in Afghanistan's bigger cities. Same is the depiction of Chinese brothels in Afghanistan and lines uttered about 'Taliban punishing men whose under hair used to curl on their sticks(!)' (spoken by some high profile Afghan senator) which is another unverified account.In reality what the movie overlooks completely how American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan are living in one of the highly sophisticated luxury affairs that any soldier can dream nowadays. Hollywood depictions of how American system is better than others by taking puns on other cultures are coming off as fake and repetitively boring.

sol- Working as a war correspondent in Afghanistan proves challenging for a female journalist in this Tina Fey film based on the actual experiences of reporter Kim Barker. With Fey headlining, the film was inevitably marketed as a comedy, but it is more of a grim drama about the difficulties of working in wartime conditions in foreign lands where customs are unfamiliar. Along these lines, Fey's performance is remarkably subdued without any of the trademark kooky comic antics of her television work, 'Sisters' or 'Mean Girls'. It is quite a human performance with her best moments coming from the scenes where she has to wear burka to walk the streets, with the camera positioned inside the gown to give close-ups of her nervous eyes. Of the supporting cast, Margot Robbie is strong as a rival journalist also working in the war zone, but her character is somewhat written off in the second half. Billy Bob Thornton is also solid but has far too few scenes to make any real impression with Martin Freeman as a romantic interest instead receiving an overload of screen time. At its best, 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' is a captivating look at how working in a war zone changes the way one lives, interacts and functions. More focus on the supporting players other than Freeman may have given the film more a satirical edge, but Freeman makes the most of his character.