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Tina Fey and Martin Freeman star in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, that's finally made it to cinemas. It's been worth the wait...
If you're wondering whether or not Whiskey Tango Foxtrot marks something of a departure for Tina Fey, the answer is yes and no. It's based on a true story and mostly takes place in an active war zone, but it's also very funny and Fey's role as journalist Kim Baker seems tailor-made for her. Happily, the end result is her best big screen leading role to date.
Fey's long-time writing partner Robert Carlock provides the script, based on Baker's memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days In Afghanistan And Pakistan, whose New York Times review observed that the author presented herself “as a Tina Fey character.” Unsurprisingly, the transition from page to screen has been very smooth since Paramount optioned the book, even with various artistic...
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Tina Fey and Martin Freeman star in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, that's finally made it to cinemas. It's been worth the wait...
If you're wondering whether or not Whiskey Tango Foxtrot marks something of a departure for Tina Fey, the answer is yes and no. It's based on a true story and mostly takes place in an active war zone, but it's also very funny and Fey's role as journalist Kim Baker seems tailor-made for her. Happily, the end result is her best big screen leading role to date.
Fey's long-time writing partner Robert Carlock provides the script, based on Baker's memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days In Afghanistan And Pakistan, whose New York Times review observed that the author presented herself “as a Tina Fey character.” Unsurprisingly, the transition from page to screen has been very smooth since Paramount optioned the book, even with various artistic...
- 5/16/2016
- Den of Geek
Wamg is giving away Run-of-engagement passes to see Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
When reporter Kim Baker’s (Tina Fey) life needs something more, she decides to ‘shake it all up’ by taking an assignment in a war zone. There, in the midst of chaos, she finds the strength she never knew she had. Sometimes it takes saying ‘Wtf’ to find the life you were always destined to have.
Based on the true adventures of war-reporter-in-the-making Kim Barker — and her acclaimed autobiography The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan – comes this hilarious and heartfelt portrait of a woman getting her life together in a global hot spot where everything else seems to be falling apart.
Also starring Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton, the film is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”) from a screenplay by Robert Carlock (“Saturday Night Live,...
When reporter Kim Baker’s (Tina Fey) life needs something more, she decides to ‘shake it all up’ by taking an assignment in a war zone. There, in the midst of chaos, she finds the strength she never knew she had. Sometimes it takes saying ‘Wtf’ to find the life you were always destined to have.
Based on the true adventures of war-reporter-in-the-making Kim Barker — and her acclaimed autobiography The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan – comes this hilarious and heartfelt portrait of a woman getting her life together in a global hot spot where everything else seems to be falling apart.
Also starring Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton, the film is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”) from a screenplay by Robert Carlock (“Saturday Night Live,...
- 3/7/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I'm not sure Tina Fey was meant to be a movie star. She is, no question about it, a dazzling wit, and I think she can be very funny onstage as well. So far, though, Hollywood has not figured out what to do with Fey as a leading actress because she simply doesn't fit the cookie-cutter archetypes that so many actresses are forced to play, and it's left her in a weird place as an actress. She's obviously talented, but who's writing the roles that she could play? As it turns out, all it takes are directors like Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and a writer like Robert Carlock, who worked with Fey on 30 Rock and The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. I like Ficarra and Requa. I don't think every film they've made is great, but they have a good eye for both character and detail. My favorite film of theirs is still I Love You,...
- 3/4/2016
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Where They From: Ficarra & Requa and the Privileged Perspective
Cinematic depictions of the ongoing conflict(s) in the Middle East continue to be a touchy subject, particularly for those English language illustrations daring to convey a certain satirical element involving the U.S. presence there. While pleasing everyone is never a possibility, there are several elements about Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot which could have been easily remedied to avoid inarguable ire, namely with its severely miscast supporting actors. Based on the 2011 memoirs of journalist Kim Barker, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, this is provocative subject matter made all the more alluring by the self-aware talents of Tina Fey doing her best to subvert our expectations of a white, privileged perspective. Overall, the end product has too many glaring demerits to warrant praise, but as a showcase for a well-rounded serious...
Cinematic depictions of the ongoing conflict(s) in the Middle East continue to be a touchy subject, particularly for those English language illustrations daring to convey a certain satirical element involving the U.S. presence there. While pleasing everyone is never a possibility, there are several elements about Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s Whiskey Tango Foxtrot which could have been easily remedied to avoid inarguable ire, namely with its severely miscast supporting actors. Based on the 2011 memoirs of journalist Kim Barker, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, this is provocative subject matter made all the more alluring by the self-aware talents of Tina Fey doing her best to subvert our expectations of a white, privileged perspective. Overall, the end product has too many glaring demerits to warrant praise, but as a showcase for a well-rounded serious...
- 3/4/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is like your smart, funny, incredibly accomplished friend who somehow still dates atrocious idiots. She's very nearly perfect, except for her terrible choices in one critical area. Let me hasten to say that most of Whiskey works incredibly well. Tina Fey stars as Kim Baker, a New York journalist who decides to blow up her life and become a foreign correspondent in Afghanistan. Shocking everyone, particularly herself, Kim is a born war reporter. She gets chummy with the local Marine general (Billy Bob Thornton), learns the ropes from fellow journos Tanya (Margot Robbie) and Iain (Martin Freeman...
- 3/4/2016
- by Alynda Wheat, @AlyndaWheat
- PEOPLE.com
Photo credit: Frank Masi
© 2015 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
In Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Tina Fey plays a journalist sent to Afghanistan in 2003 when the more-experienced war correspondents flock to the new battlefields of Iraq. Produced by Fey and loosely based on reporter Kim Barker’s memoir “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” the film continues Fey’s pursuit of more dramatic roles, a less-than-stellar quest so far that might cause some audience members to balk at this one. However, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is the exception to that rule – actually a very entertaining film, thanks largely to a strong supporting cast that includes Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alfred Molina, who take the pressure off Fey.
In case any one is in doubt, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (meaning Wtf – get it?) is not a hard-hitting war movie or even really about war, but a tale of war...
© 2015 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
In Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Tina Fey plays a journalist sent to Afghanistan in 2003 when the more-experienced war correspondents flock to the new battlefields of Iraq. Produced by Fey and loosely based on reporter Kim Barker’s memoir “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,” the film continues Fey’s pursuit of more dramatic roles, a less-than-stellar quest so far that might cause some audience members to balk at this one. However, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is the exception to that rule – actually a very entertaining film, thanks largely to a strong supporting cast that includes Martin Freeman, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alfred Molina, who take the pressure off Fey.
In case any one is in doubt, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (meaning Wtf – get it?) is not a hard-hitting war movie or even really about war, but a tale of war...
- 3/4/2016
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Even though Liz Lemon has forever stolen my night cheese heart, I rather fancy Tina Fey’s more serious endeavors. Restraint and genuine comedy suit the pigeonholed goofball well, as Whiskey Tango Foxtrot allows for a deeper, rawer side of Fey. War-torn Afghanistan and investigative journalism make for quite the exotic midlife crisis, but Fey rolls with the punches by utilizing her signature brand of wry, lovable wit. Except, this time she’s not striving for laughs – comedy comes as a defense mechanism, as reality zooms by faster than a Taliban misfire. It takes strength to tackle feelings of wasted time, but dealing with a midlife dilemma during an actual military crisis takes some serious balls (or, lack thereof).
Fey stars as Kim Baker, a real journalist who found herself covering an Afghanistan war that was steadily losing “popularity.” In her memoir, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,...
Fey stars as Kim Baker, a real journalist who found herself covering an Afghanistan war that was steadily losing “popularity.” In her memoir, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan,...
- 3/3/2016
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Like its title, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot doesn't make much sense at first. Employing a common narrative device, the movie begins during a rowdy dance party in Afghanistan in 2006. As bombs explode outside, the party-goers reveal themselves to be hard-working journalists who rush to report on what they're experiencing, war-wise. Chief among them is Kim Baker (Tina Fey), and she becomes the center of the story as it rewinds to New York City in 2003. Kim is toiling behind the scenes at a cable news network when she and other single, childless employees are implored to volunteer for war duty in the Middle East. With the barest of suggestions that her career is stuck in neutral and only a glancing thought to her romantic relationship,...
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- 3/3/2016
- Screen Anarchy
It isn’t often that a comedy tackles life in a war zone but Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a welcomed exception.
Tina Fey stars as real life war correspondent Kim Baker, a copy editor who finds herself working in Afghanistan. Struggling to adjust to dangerous surroundings, she finds comfort in those around her - including a fellow journalist (Margot Robbie) and a photographer (Martin Freeman).
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Tina Fey stars as real life war correspondent Kim Baker, a copy editor who finds herself working in Afghanistan. Struggling to adjust to dangerous surroundings, she finds comfort in those around her - including a fellow journalist (Margot Robbie) and a photographer (Martin Freeman).
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- 3/3/2016
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
Chicago – In 2011, author Kim Barker released a press memoir with the odd title of “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” Tina Fey was interested in adapting the book for film – and portraying Barker – so “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” was born. The film opens on March 4th, 2016.
Kim Barker was the South Asia bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in New Delhi and Islamabad. Her press memoir covers her years there, through the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the corruption in Afghanistan, and the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In the film version based on the book, they altered Ms. Barker’s name – she is Kim Baker as portrayed by Tina Fey – and instead of being a print reporter, the Fey character is a on-air broadcast journalism. But the morality of the book remains in the film, and the...
Kim Barker was the South Asia bureau chief for The Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2009, based in New Delhi and Islamabad. Her press memoir covers her years there, through the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the corruption in Afghanistan, and the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. In the film version based on the book, they altered Ms. Barker’s name – she is Kim Baker as portrayed by Tina Fey – and instead of being a print reporter, the Fey character is a on-air broadcast journalism. But the morality of the book remains in the film, and the...
- 3/3/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
For obvious reasons, war movies typically follow the perspective of the soldier on the ground. So "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" is immediately distinguished by its lead, a TV journalist breaking stories in Afghanistan during the mid-aughts. Tina Fey stars as as the reporter, Kim Baker (loosely based on Kim Barker, author of the memoir "The Taliban Shuffle," on which the movie is based), and she rises to the challenge of the role that requires the former “30 Rock” actor to do a lot more than just adapt her comic voice to the story's particulars. Comedic and dramatic potential are present in equal measure in Baker's narrative and directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa ("Focus," "Crazy Stupid Love") do well navigating some of the turns of her story, creating situations that allow Fey to alternate between sardonic and self-effacing wit. Odd casting decisions, however, and a script that flounders after establishing the strange...
- 3/3/2016
- by Russ Fischer
- The Playlist
An assignment to Afghanistan proves the making of Fey’s journalist character in this irreverent romp, and suggests the comedian could pursue weightier roles
It takes a special kind of person to see a hotspot of war, corruption and desperation and say, with a cavalier smile: “Yeah, I wanna to be there.”
Kim Baker (Tina Fey) is not, at first, one of these people. She’s not even a proverbial mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, she’s a mild-mannered domestic news copy writer for an unnamed-but-not-top-shelf video news outlet. It’s 2003 and, as her editor puts it, “Iraq 2” is about to kick off. All resources are headed there, so he’s looking for a volunteer from among his unmarried, childless staff to head to Afghanistan.
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It takes a special kind of person to see a hotspot of war, corruption and desperation and say, with a cavalier smile: “Yeah, I wanna to be there.”
Kim Baker (Tina Fey) is not, at first, one of these people. She’s not even a proverbial mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, she’s a mild-mannered domestic news copy writer for an unnamed-but-not-top-shelf video news outlet. It’s 2003 and, as her editor puts it, “Iraq 2” is about to kick off. All resources are headed there, so he’s looking for a volunteer from among his unmarried, childless staff to head to Afghanistan.
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- 3/3/2016
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
Photo by: Dave Allocca/Starpix.
Check out the photos of the cast from the New York premiere of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Sometimes it takes saying “Wtf” to discover the life you were always destined to lead. That’s exactly what happens to cable news producer Kim Baker (Tina Fey) when she realizes her routine existence is lacking in something – and decides to “blow it all up” by taking a crazy, Wtf assignment in Afghanistan. There, amidst a mind-boggling array of adventurers, militants, warlords and madcap chaos, Kim finds something unexpected: the strength she never knew she had.
Based on the true adventures of war-reporter-in-the-making Kim Barker — and her acclaimed autobiography The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan – comes this hilarious and heartfelt portrait of a woman getting her life together in a global hot spot where everything else seems to be falling apart. Joining Fey on this...
Check out the photos of the cast from the New York premiere of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
Sometimes it takes saying “Wtf” to discover the life you were always destined to lead. That’s exactly what happens to cable news producer Kim Baker (Tina Fey) when she realizes her routine existence is lacking in something – and decides to “blow it all up” by taking a crazy, Wtf assignment in Afghanistan. There, amidst a mind-boggling array of adventurers, militants, warlords and madcap chaos, Kim finds something unexpected: the strength she never knew she had.
Based on the true adventures of war-reporter-in-the-making Kim Barker — and her acclaimed autobiography The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan – comes this hilarious and heartfelt portrait of a woman getting her life together in a global hot spot where everything else seems to be falling apart. Joining Fey on this...
- 3/2/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Without question, Tina Fey is an A-list comedy actress, but I’m not sure how many people realize how good she is at more serious fare. She’s gotten opportunities before, but Fey really gets a chance to shine in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, which is hitting theaters this week. It’s a dramedy perhaps more at home in the fall than the winter, but it’s a real showcase for Fey, who is quite good in the lead role. If she starts getting offered parts that could lead to an eventual Academy Award nomination in Best Actress or even Best Supporting Actress, this performance will likely be one of the main reasons why. The film is a comedy/dramedy centered on Kim Baker (Fey), a journalist recounting her time covering the war in Afghanistan. Initially stuck in a rut back in New York, Kim opts to leave behind her boyfriend...
- 3/2/2016
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
When reporter Kim Baker’s (Tina Fey) life needs something more, she decides to ‘shake it all up’ by taking an assignment in a war zone. There, in the midst of chaos, she finds the strength she never knew she had. Sometimes it takes saying ‘Wtf’ to find the life you were always destined to have.
Based on the true adventures of war-reporter-in-the-making Kim Barker — and her acclaimed autobiography The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan – comes this hilarious and heartfelt portrait of a woman getting her life together in a global hot spot where everything else seems to be falling apart.
Also starring Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton, the film is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”) from a screenplay by Robert Carlock (“Saturday Night Live,” “30 Rock”).
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is in theaters March 4, 2016.
Wamg invites you...
Based on the true adventures of war-reporter-in-the-making Kim Barker — and her acclaimed autobiography The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan – comes this hilarious and heartfelt portrait of a woman getting her life together in a global hot spot where everything else seems to be falling apart.
Also starring Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina and Billy Bob Thornton, the film is directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Crazy, Stupid, Love”) from a screenplay by Robert Carlock (“Saturday Night Live,” “30 Rock”).
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is in theaters March 4, 2016.
Wamg invites you...
- 2/24/2016
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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