I think it is safe to say that a number of us students at California University of Pennsylvania can recall the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some say those wars never really ended.

While we have seen both truthful and fictional depictions of war onscreen, we as viewers do not always get an inside scoop of what it would be like to live there temporarily as a war reporter in “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,” Tina Fey’s newest film to theaters.

Other than being a journalist-in-training and obviously wanting to see an out-of-the-box film about the life of journalists, this looked like a different movie. It is, and Fey brings out that ability very well. Her acting has ranged from good to great over the years (see her depiction of Sarah Palin), but she pulls off this serious role as a 40-something journalist bored with her job and (possibly) her relationship with her boyfriend in this Afghanistan-set drama.

After an unexpected request from her editor, Baker receives her visa, calls her boyfriend and tells him what is going on, and flies to the Middle East what becomes a career change of a lifetime.

Fey produced the film, which is actually based on a memoir by Kim Baker.

When it comes down to it, “Whiskey” is a movie about totally stepping out of one’s comfort zone and leaving everything one knows except for her ability to report and do news (basically her job). That’s part of the movie in a nutshell, but I will not spoil the rest of the plot here.

The movie is also about putting on her new life—it shows her not wanting to go back to her “awful desk job,” as Baker says.

Along the way, Kim Baker makes new friends, risks her life for footage of desert Marine action, and develops a surprising new relationship with another character. So, lost and found relationships are a key at the latter part of “Whiskey.”

Before I end this review, I want to talk about what movie category this is. I classify this as a drama (not a war movie) that has the Middle East at war as its setting, with a few comedic moments thrown in; it is Tina Fey after all.

Those are the traits that help “Whiskey Tango Foxtrot” go down your throat a lot easier than a shot of whiskey would.