There must
be a special place in hell for people who make misleading movie trailers. This
movie is falsely advertised as a Tina Fey comedy. The Tina Fey part is true,
the comedy part is false. This film is a dull Afghan war correspondent movie
with hints of comedy. The majority of these comedic gems can be seen for free in
movie and TV ads. What is left is a listless war film without direction or
heart (they needed two directors for this film, only God knows why).
Tina Fey is
a news writer from New York who volunteers to go to Afghanistan as a war correspondent
and stays for three years. She becomes addicted to the rush of war. All the
clichés are present. She catches her fiancés being unfaithful on Skype (wait,
that’s funny); there are torrid alcoholic infused parties (no Talibans were
harmed in the making of this movie); casual and uncasual sex; the horrors of
war, but not too many since this is a comedy.
Why do they
need A listed stars to make this shlock? Margot Robbie is the camp trampoline;
Billy Bob Thornton is the tough but soft hearted general; Martin Freeman is the
hard drinking Scottish photo journalist who is Fay’s lover. In the Hobbit he
plays Bilbo Baggins; now Bilbo having sex that’s funny! Alfred Molina plays a
corrupt Afghan minister who is nearly unrecognizable with his beard and hair
blending into one big mop.
So why did I
go see this movie? Tina Fey is a smart and funny comedian, so I went with the
brand. Too bad movies do not come with a list of ingredients.
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