The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) Poster

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MPAA Rated R for language, some drug content and brief nudity
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Sex & Nudity

  • A man walks outside in a hospital gown that is not closed all the way in the back. You can briefly see his buttocks from a far camera shot.
  • A soldier's walks around the base naked. His buttocks can be seen briefly as he walks into the yard after an LSD experiment goes awry.
  • Two scenes of men and women topless in hot tubs for about 2-3 seconds. Some women's nipples can be seen.
  • During Django's intro and trip to the peace commune female breasts are clearly visible on at least 3 occasions in hot tubs, total scene is about 2-3 minutes.
  • Brief shirtless men.
  • A pantless man is implied to have hung weights from his genitals in front of a group of men. His bare legs are viewed from behind along with some butt cheeks.

Violence & Gore

  • The war violence in the film is mostly bloodless and rather comical.
  • Bill's new age beliefs apparently came from a vision after being shot in Vietnam (he falls to the ground, his wound bleeds slowly and he hallucinates).
  • A group of criminals get into a gunfight (no blood). As Lynn and Bob escape, they accidentally graze an innocent hostage with their car (he has a bloody open cut on his forehead).
  • As Lynn, Bob, and the rescued hostage head toward more populated area's, an inept security team mistakes people holding gasoline cartons while riding a motorcycle as terrorists, and they end up accidentally firing on another security team in the process, starting a gunfight, with at least one guard getting hit.
  • Experiments are carried out on goats, with men staring at them so long that they fall to the ground and die.
  • POW's are tortured by being forced to watch Barney in a small cell.
  • A soldier is given LSD as an experiment in what could possibly be mind control. The man seems to be having a bad trip, and you then see him walking around the army base naked (bare buttocks from a distance), firing into the air, before shooting himself (offscreen).

Profanity

  • 25 F-word and variations
  • 16 uses of the S-word and variations.
  • God is heard. Jesus is said at least 8 times.
  • Hell is said.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • A man smokes a cigar.
  • A Russian scientist is seen holding what might possibly be a joint as they experiment on animals.
  • It's mentioned that Bill has become an alcoholic, he seems rather depressed, and you see a bottle of hard liquor in the background.
  • In at least 2 scenes, LSD use is clearly implicated. In the first one, Larry uses a vial to experiment on the soldier, ultimately giving the guinea pig a bad trip. In the second one, hundreds of soldiers are drugged with it, via their powdered eggs and water supply. Bill mentions having built up a large tolerance towards narcotics.
  • People smoke cigarettes, and in flashbacks, have packs tied to their helmets.
  • Alcohol is consumed socially, in addition to the themes mentioned above revolving around alcoholism.
  • Lynn uses steroids to help treat his cancer, but you only see him injecting in one instance.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Man kills himself (offscreen)
  • A man is kept in a small room with flashing lights and tortured by listening to the Barney theme song again and again without stopping. The way the camera lingers on it can be disturbing for a moment.

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