Tuesday 17 November 2009

The Men Who Stare At Goats

A journalist heading to Iraq meets a jedi warrior who tells him all about a secret group in the US army studying psychic warfare.

Through a road trip in Iraq, events occurr giving our journalist chance to flashback to tales of psychic training he has been told. There is a great deal of humour in these tales, much coming from the playing straight of these credulous characters by some of Hollywoods finest, Clooney, Bridges, Spacey et al. What it doesn't really have is a narrative. For much of the film this doesn't matter but it results in a messy end that is deeply unsatisfying. The result was a film that I enjoyed but felt disappointed by. I did laugh a lot though.

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