A cable news producer (Tina Fey) takes on a daring new assignment in Afghanistan, and finds herself in the middle of a chaotic war zone.
In taking Tina Fey to war, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot utilizes her comedic weaponry while also showing she’s well armed with dramatic chops, too.
Boasting the fish-way-out-of-water nature of Private Benjamin and M.A.S.H.’s absurdity and grotesquerie of battle, the comedy (*** out of four; rated R; in theaters nationwide Friday) tries to get real about embedded journalists in “the suck” of mid-2000s Afghanistan. It wobbles in terms of an authentic feel, yet... read more