Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 4, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 44 Critic Reviews
Positive:
24
Mixed:
16
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Simon HouptMar 5, 2016
The dialogue is sour, the politics problematic (Broadway veterans as Afghan locals? Why not?!), and the sentiments sometimes eye-rolling. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, indeed. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrMar 3, 2016
The movie plays like a global-political farce made by people who’ve never left the Upper West Side. Read full review
30
VarietyJustin ChangFeb 29, 2016
Despite the script’s direct acknowledgment that it’s telling a “white-American-lady story,” the movie never quite shakes off a glib, incurious outsider’s perspective that can tilt into outright cluelessness, particularly where some of its more egregious casting choices are concerned. Read full review
10
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonMar 1, 2016
The mild Islamophobia and highly questionable casting choices in the film call to mind other texting abbreviations, namely AYFKMWTS and GTFOOH. In the end, though, it's an armed-forces acronym dating back to World War II that best describes this dismal project: FUBAR. Read full review
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