The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
This is film is “based” on a book of the same name when it really means it was “inspired” more than having any direct connection. The original is a non narrative book on US military research into psychic warfare while the film is a narrative set in the second Gulf war with flash backs to earlier “research”.
Taking a slightly unbelievable subject what this film does well is focus on being an offbeat and surreal comedy, satirising the invasion of Iraq by comparing it to some of the misguided military studies of the past. It takes a little while for the film to get going but once George Clooney's twitching crazy is introduced there are some really funny moments. Between Jedi, goats, independent security contractors and the general high jinx of a combat zone there are some good laughs and a little satire to be had.
4/5
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