If you loved Crazy, Stupid, Love., try Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot has roughly 8.9× fewer votes than Crazy, Stupid, Love. — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Glenn Ficarra, John Requa, and they both carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Crazy, Stupid, Love., the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is

The film thinks it's shining a light on the absurdities of war reporting. Kim Baker, a bored journalist, takes a life-changing assignment covering the conflict in Afghanistan. It seems the movie just wanted to give Tina Fey something different to do.

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