Film Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Building on her work in “Admission” and “This is Where I Leave You,” actress Tina Fey returns to her semi-dramatic side with “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” which provides the comedienne with her most challenging role to date. Based on the memoir by Kim Barker, the feature is a war story with a sense of humor, searching for the idiosyncrasy and contradictions of journalism on the front lines, using Fey’s natural timing to lift heavy material off the ground. Directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (“Focus,” “Crazy, Stupid, Love”) don’t always have the firmest grip on storytelling needs, but they manage to find life in the middle of Hell, with “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” achieving levels of entertainment other pictures of this ilk have failed to acquire. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com