The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

Movie: The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

“A reporter, trying to lose himself in the romance of war after his marriage fails, gets more than he bargains for when he meets a special forces agent who reveals the existence of a secret, psychic military unit whose goal is to end war as we know it. The founder of the unit has gone missing and the trail leads to another psychic soldier who has distorted the mission to serve his own ends. Written by Rob Harris”

• Director: Grant Heslov
• Release Date:
  6 November 2009 (USA)
• Run Time:
  94 min
• Country: USA , UK
• Genre: Comedy , War
• MPAA:
  Rated R for language, some drug content and brief nudity.

Tagline: No goats. No glory.

Trivia: In this film about male bonding and trying to find the proper male role, the only dialog spoken by females is either from off-screen (Debra Wilton) or in a man’s imagination (VC Woman), although towards the end a female soldier laughs.

Goofs: Factual errors: You cannot get a Dishonourable Discharge from a Investigation Board. Only a Courts Martial can give a DD. Further, DD’s can only be given to enlisted personnel. Commissioned officers are given a ‘dismissal’ from the service, which carries the same penalties and social stigma associated with a Dishonorable Discharge.