Genuinely funny, and uplifting. American critics didn't like it because it shows Americans in Afghanistan (i.e. ANY not-USA place) as being self-interested (arrogant) a-holes. Full credit to Murray/Hudson/Levison for the courage to make/present such an insightful and entertaining movie.

A complete and total mess despite the strong cast. Not one laugh to be had which is almost impressive given the cast's talent.

Shockingly poor film. This is a comedy and I failed to laugh once. Bill was excruciatingly bad in this. Lost In Translation was his redemption, this is his back to the '80s and some really dodgy decisions. (Stripes and Ghostbusters notwithstanding)

It's an amazing movie if you understand and love Bill Murray movies. It's filled with dark humor that helps humanize this crazy world, but definitely not a gut buster. So glad I came across it.

There's probably a reason that I'd never heard of this movie until now and that it took me three tries to watch it. I love Bill Murray and I was pleasantly surprised that Zooey Deschanel is in this. It would have been a lot better had the movie focused more on her. Unfortunately her character ( and Bruce Willis) disappeared about halfway through and from then on I just fast forwarded it hoping that it would get better. It was an interesting concept,but the movie itself was awful

Excellent, Bill Murray at his best, a truly underrated movie. Bruce Willis and Kate Hudson play their roles well too. Something different, unexpected, unpredictable, worth watching.

Commedia tagliente e graffiante, il cui intento è chiaramente raccontare una storia in modo leggero ed ironico. Certo, nel farlo, alcuni temi vengono toccati in modo troppo banale e quasi offensivo. Comunque lo scopo è raggiunto, il film diverte.

Don't pay any attention to all the "critics" negative reviews. Anymore, if a movie doesn't tick all their virtue-signaling liberal boxes, they trash it. This movie was a fun watch, the background scenery enjoyable, and the characters and actors in it did a fine job. I found Bill Murray to be quite funny. And it's loosely based on a true story. I was entertained, not bored at all. Worth the watch. I recorded it from a free weekend of the movie channels on Directv. I'm glad I did.

I stumbled on this movie on HBO and watched it mainly cause it had Bill Murray in it. That part and the fact that it had other big names in it worked to give it a try and glad i did. No, it's not theater price worthy. Yes, it has it's whatever made up pattern it follows. However, it's a good movie that you should watch. REALLY DISREGARD all the big critics BS about it. I read them after the movie and thought, "so what". It has a story based loosely on real events and I'm glad I watched it and know that story now. Hopefully you will too.

I was intrigued by the description of the storyline of this movie, and by the actors involved in it, and I wasn't disappointed. An interesting premise in an unusual setting - and more based in reality than I had assumed. There was a female Pashtun contestant in the finale of the third season of Afghan Star, and Setara Hussainzeda, to whom the movie was dedicated, was a female performer eliminated in an earlier round who received death threats for dancing. The mixture of goofy and deadly was somewhat odd, but it didn't ruin the movie for me. In addition to the characters and acting I also enjoyed the music. The movie was something different, in a good way.

Very entertaining. The critics didn't like it. Glad I don't listen to them. Only Bill Murray could make this work as he did. It's not supposed to be Good Morning Vietnam, it is its own genre of subtle humor. Relax and enjoy it.

If you like the ramblings of Bill Murray, you will like this movie. All of the other characters in the movie, both funny and heartfelt, are for his benefit. The only one I struggled to like was played by Bruce Willis.

People just don't get it. It's a small movie that plays better on tv than in the theater. The leads give their best, and the extras are very convincing. Just watch it, and stop the constant hunt for the next blockbuster.

If you have eve been to Afghanistan you willl enjoy this movie. VET rates.

Horrible waste of talent. Terrible idea, bad directing, abysmal dialog, The worst cinematography....and Bill was just Bill.

This film fails on so many levels but let's start wth a basic one. Casting Bill Murray in a barely modified rendition of his SNL lounge lizard character from the 70s into a film set in the 20 somethings in wartorn Afghanistan should have been a red flag for somebody. Did someone actually stand up in a Hollywood production meeting and say, "That's a great idea! It'll do wonders for Afghan-American relations!"? Then you spend nearly an hour waiting for the central thesis of the movie to appear, i.e., Murray finding a talented but cloistered Afghan girl to star in a local ripoff of "American Idol." Maybe in capable hands something could have been salvaged from this silly idea but the director in this case could not have salvaged a meal at a Golden Corral. Wasting the talents of McBride, Willis, Deschanel and Hudson should be some sort of movie-making war crime also. Notice I did not add Murray's name to that list. I'll summarize the film this way; it is the cinematic equivalent of our foreign and military policy in Afghanistan.

Wtf rotten tomatoes. You got this wrong. 5 stars and fresh AF 100%. Get your shit together.

Pretty cool film, very deep, and comical. Some serious political-social issues are tackled in a friendly way. Gets kinda boring but other than that a great story.

One of the worser but not horrible Bill Murray film. It had some laughs and boring plot but was watchable.

I liked it. I thought Bill Murray was funny, and the dialogue was witty.