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Movie Review - 'The Men Who Stare at Goats'

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The Men Who Stare at Goats

Starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey
Directed by Grant Heslov
Rated R

It's a deviously warped story, the kind that has to be at least partially true, and according to the disclaimer at the beginning of the film, it is: "More of this is true that you would believe" replaces "Based on a true story" or "Inspired by a true story" in The Men Who Stare at Goats.

And while it veers off the road from being true at some hard to define point, it's much easier to pin down where the movie itself drives into a ditch. And that's a shame, because Stare at Goats really does feel like it's heading somewhere.

The story goes that journalist Jon Ronson picked up the scent of one of the military's biggest secrets. Back in the 1970s, Ronson learned, the Pentagon was developing a special kind of training program focused on psychic abilities. Rather than shooting guns and driving tanks, this new breed of soldier would fight the wars of the future with their minds.

How far such a program advanced is hard to say, although through Ronson's writing and other sources, it's well documented that the military did explore a kind of psychological warfare. We blasted music into Manuel Noriega's stronghold, used the same methods (and worse) against inmates at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, and the practice by the government of "seeing" events or individuals at great distances, called remote viewing, has been exposed through declassified documents.

The title The Men Who Stare at Goats refers to a very particular psychic ability, and if you've seen the commercials or trailer, you know what happens if you stare at a goat the right way. In the film, a fictionalized Ronson named Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) has a chance encounter with Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), whom Wilton knows from previous research has some experience with a secret government outfit called the First Earth Batallion.

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