PhiloThe Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 5.7
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
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Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Overview
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
PhiloApple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
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.
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
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.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
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.
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.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
5.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.2
6.0
Critic Ratings
5.1
5.4
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