Watch a film clip from “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot”, starring Tina Fey.
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Tina Fey’s newest comedy endeavour “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” has managed to triumph in the eyes of most critics, who have accepted the whole WTF aspect and generally enjoyed the ride even if it was a little messy in parts.
Among them is the upbeat and ultra-sexy Tanya (Margot Robbie), who joyously informs Kim that American women in Afghanistan are immediately considered significantly more attractive than they were back home. Among her instant friends include a Lara Logan-esque TV journalist named Tanya (Margot Robbie), a dashing Scottish photographer named Ian (Martin Freeman) and Baker’s “fixer”, a quietly observant local named Fahim. Tapped for a war reporting assignment simply because she’s single and childless, our girl Kim (the always witty Fey) decides to shake herself out of a career rut (writing mind-numbing news copy for vapid talking heads) by parachuting into the Middle East. Her Plan B backfires fast.
True to that ethos, “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” possesses plenty of laid-back humor, flawlessly delivered by Fey, but its wry tone and pathos keep it from being an out-and-out comedy. But most SNL vets who go full actor-turned-thespian do us the favor of delivering a few big-screen comic gems along the way. There, in the midst of chaos, she finds the strength she never knew she had. “Yes”, she said, “but other than that I think he would have liked this movie”.
“But, in all honesty, I’ve been a fan of Martin for forever, from the “British Office” and ‘Fargo, ‘ so it’s the one thing when you’re producing a movie and you can go, ‘I want that guy to be in the movie!'”
Thornton says the element that drew him to the film is it displays “a different side of something that we see on the news every day”.
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When she got there, she enjoyed the adrenaline-pumped life so much that she stayed on for three years in the area. Tina brings her impeccable comic timing and sarcasm to the nonstop insanity that is the “Kabubble”, sure, but she also performs with honest emotion in such a way that I felt it was her most worthwhile dramatic role in a movie. For example, the first thing she says to Kim Baker (Fey) is about her security guard, and whether or not she can f*** him.
