The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

Bias Rating

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Viewer Rating

Rating: 5.7

Overview

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 go...

Starring Cast

Ewan McGregor • George Clooney • Kevin Spacey

Where to watch

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Bias Dimensions

Political: Center

Diversity: Low

Overview

Starring Cast

Ewan McGregor • George Clooney • Kevin Spacey

Where to watch

Prime Video

Apple TV

Google Play

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...

Leans Right

Primary

Political: CenterConfidence: Medium

The film receives a neutral rating because its satire broadly targets human folly and institutional absurdity, critiquing both military bureaucracy and the New Age ideas it attempts to co-opt, rather than explicitly promoting a specific political ideology or solution.

Diversity: LowConfidence: High

The movie features a largely traditional cast without intentional race or gender swaps of established roles. Its satirical narrative critiques military and New Age absurdities but does not explicitly target or negatively portray traditional identities based on race or gender.

Secondary

LGBTQ: N/AConfidence: High

The film 'The Men Who Stare at Goats' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters, themes, or plotlines. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate, resulting in an N/A rating for its depiction of LGBTQ+ elements.

FemPower: N/R

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Gender Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film adapts a non-fiction book detailing real-life military experiments. All significant characters, whether based on historical figures or fictionalized from the source, maintain their established gender in the film's portrayal.

Race Swap: NoConfidence: High

The film is a fictionalized adaptation of a non-fiction book about real people. The main characters, though fictionalized, are based on real individuals whose races align with their on-screen portrayals. There are no instances where a character canonically or historically established as one race is depicted as a different race.