Run
time: 1hour 51 minutes = 111 minutes
Rated
R
Whiskey
Tango Foxtrot is a comedy that takes place in 2002 Afghanistan. It is about a
news reporter named Kim Barker, who feels like she is moving backwards in her
life, and wants a new challenge. The challenge ends up being a few years in
Kabul, chasing stories, relationships and air time.
Tina
Fey is very good in this laugh-out-loud movie. The cast, including Margot Robbie
and Martin Freeman, do an amazing job at balancing the war time seriousness
with just enough humor to make an enjoyable movie for all the adults. I say
adults because it is rated R, and sex, alcohol use and slurs are sprinkled
throughout the film.
It
starts with a quick bang, literally, as Kabul is bombed, and the house full of
foreign reporters jumps into action and we see Kim Barker (Tina Fey) reporting
in the mists of all the chaos. Then we jump back to see what has led her into
such a situation. Before long she’s saying goodbye to her long term boyfriend
and is flying to Afghanistan. Once there she is introduced to her translator
Fahim Ahmadzai (Christopher Abbott) and is introduced to the Afghani culture.
After a few months she learns that her boyfriend back in America is cheating on
her, and she decides to turn a new page. She also meets another reporter, Iain
MacKelpie (Martin Freeman) who she sleeps, and then falls in love, with. As
this is going on, she is also interviewing powerful men in the country,
including Ali Massoud Sadiq (Alfred Molina) who eventually tries to sleep with
her, and she responds with a bit of blackmail to help save Iain. There is one
thing Kim has to remember though; the Kabul effect isn’t real, and all the
partying, alcohol, violence and war shouldn’t be and isn’t normal.
Overall
I really liked this film. It was funny and happy, and a bit real at times. This
is a movie set in a place of turmoil, but still had a light feeling and it
didn’t take itself too seriously.
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