The Ghost Army (film)

The Ghost Army is a 2013 American documentary about the United States Army 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, produced and directed by Rick Beyer.

The film first premiered at the Salem Film Festival on March 7, 2013. It was shown on PBS on May 21, 2013. It had its European Theatrical Premiere at the Abbaye de Neumnster in Luxembourg on November 27, 2013.The Ghost Army received overwhelmingly positive reviews. It scored a Metascore of 79 on Metacritic.com. David Weigand at the San Francisco Chronicle called it a mesmerizing documentary, going on to say You could call it a kind of World War II version of Argo and it makes for a documentary that is almost as gripping as Ben Afflecks film. Robert Lloyd at The Los Angeles Times called it fascinating, detailed and oddly delightful. Matt Roush of TV Guide called it remarkable and memorablefirstrateentrancing. Dorothy Rabinowitz of the Wall Street Journal commented The units work was top secret, its members experiences, recounted in this film, fascinating above all for what they tell about the determined inventiveness, the allout ambition to try everything, characteristic of that war effort. Washington Post and New York Daily News critics both called the documentary fascinating. Mark Feeney at the Boston Globe praised the film while offering a rare note of criticism The Ghost Army can feel a bit padded at times. Like one of those rubber tanks, its not as imposing as it seems. But also like those tanks, its memorable and not quite like anything else. ........

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