Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

6.6R112 minDirector: Glenn Ficarra

2016 film by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a 2016 American biographical war comedy-drama film, directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and written by Robert Carlock. Based on the memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, the adaptation's title spells WTF in the military standard NATO phonetic alphabet.

The film stars Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, and Billy Bob Thornton and was released on March 4, 2016, by Paramount Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the acting but criticized the predictable screenplay and execution, and grossed $24 million against its $35 million budget.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Whiskey Tango Foxtrot about?
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016) — 2003. After careful consideration, Kim Baker, a news copywriter, decides to leave the relative comfort of a New York desk job and serious boyfriend Chris to accept the assignment to work for three months as on-camera reporter in war torn Afghanistan, as her news agency is looking
Is Whiskey Tango Foxtrot based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Whiskey Tango Foxtrot scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.