2009 · comedy · war
The Men Who Stare at Goats
Directed by Grant Heslov1h 34m2009
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Our read: The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) reads as a warm, kinetic, surreal comedy · war entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle comedy / war, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- gentle
- surreal
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