Review | The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) **

Nov 5th, 2009 - MiamiHerald

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Review | The Men Who Stare at Goats (R) **

``More of this is true than you would believe,'' warns a title card at the start of The Men Who Stare at Goats, although the ever-reliable ``I know this sounds crazy, but . . .'' would have worked just as well.

Based on the nonfiction book by Jon Ronson, whose website describes him as a journalist and a humorist, the movie claims that the U.S. military developed a secret cadre in the 1980s code-named ``Jedi warriors'' (Ronald Reagan sure loved Star Wars). The soldiers were trained to hone their psychic and paranormal skills in order to read minds, walk through walls and turn invisible when caught in a tight squeeze.

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