Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a war comedy directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Focus; Crazy, Stupid, Love). It’s an adaptation of Kim Barker’s autobiography “The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan” and stars Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton.

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.

In a review of the book New York Times critic Michio Kakatuni described barker as “a sort of Tina Fey character” – a description that immediately piqued Fey’s interest. “It’s shamefully true that I heard about the review of the book and thought I could worm my way into the project. But what really attracted me is the story of a woman who arrives in Kabul expecting to spend three months … who ends up spending three years. Kim starts out a novice at reporting and a novice at the kind of sex, drugs and rock-and-roll lifestyle that reporters lead there. It’s a total awakening for her.”

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is rated 14A.