A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan.
Two words: Tina Fey.
She is literally the only reason I watched this movie. I normally hate war-ish movies (yes, I'm that person who cannot sit through Saving Private Ryan) but I buckled in and hoped Tina would entertain me for 2 hours. And she did. Kinda.
I surprisingly liked this movie. And by 'like' I mean I watched it once, and that's enough. This was more of the reporter-side of the war versus the usual soldier story we get in every wartime movie. The new POV was refreshing and the humor in the first half of the movie was enough to keep me watching through the end.
I later found out that this movie was based on a memoir written by the main character, which again was interesting but I'm not one for those types of movies either. (The more I think about it, I really have no idea why I watched this movie in the first place)
Anyway WTF (I really hope they picked that name for a reason, otherwise someone in marketing has some 'splanin to do) was a solid movie. It had a good story, good characters, a stable plot and a few really good one-liners. The only complaint I had was the last half of the movie moved really slow. My grandma with 2 knee replacements moves faster than that story did. But, by then I really wanted to know what happened so I watched through the end...and I was slightly rewarded before the credits rolled.
Overall, this is not a movie where Tina shined. She was good, but the lead actress really could have been anybody and the movie would have been pretty much the same. There were a couple other big names in there too so maybe they needed those to attract viewers before this big-budget film became a big bust.
If you're interested in the story I guess I would recommend this movie because watching it would probably be faster than reading the book.
3 stars
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