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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

2016

Glenn Ficarra, John Requa

Tina Fey, Martin Freeman, Margot Robbie, Billy Bob Thornton ...

5.6

1,582

Comedy. Drama Based on true events by Kim Barker. This funny journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

	Author	Review
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"It's wiser than the confusion its title suggests, and it pushes Fey toward a film career that's as uncompromising, unpredictable and intelligent as her TV work"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"True to its title, as well as its flawed but sympathetic protagonist, 'Whiskey Tango Foxtrot' is more confused than cynical or opportunistic. Its bewilderment is contagious, and ultimately endearing"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"[A] very uneven blend of prankish black humor and topical drama (...) the directors are there to serve Fey, whose performance is as energetic as it is fundamentally predictable (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"	NEU
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"Tina Fey goes to war in Afghanistan in this haphazard and often misguided war-zone dramedy (...) ['Whiskey Tango Foxtrot'] never really hits the surreal, satirical groove it’s aiming for"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Comic actress Tina Fey gives her most layered dramatic performance in this change-of-pace role, but Whiskey isn’t nearly sharp or stinging enough"	NEU
United States	Leah Greenblatt Entertainment Weekly	"What work better in the movie are mostly smaller moments: the jokes that land, the rapport between the reporters, and all the weirdly ordinary ways people manage to find a new normal, even in the most WTF circumstances"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"That Tina Fey is funny is a given. That she gets inside the tangled mind of a complex woman on a perpetual hot seat is something new (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune	"While it's no disaster, it's oddly indistinct and uncertain"	NEU
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"Even with the occasional misfire in the plot, Fey’s strong performance throughout the film lets Whiskey go down in smooth and satisfying fashion (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS

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