The Men Who Stare at Goats
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- Synopsis
- A reporter (Ewan McGregor) delves into the world of experimental psychic U.S. military units during the Iraq War in this adaptation of the Jon Ronson book The Men Who Stare at Goats....
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- Starring
- George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Lang
- Director(s)
- Grant Heslov
- Distributor(s)
- Overture Films
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min.
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Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites
A superbly written loony-tunes satire, played by a tony cast at the top of its game.Read the full review
Chicago Sun-Times | Roger EbertAdd Critic to Favorites
All of the actors play without winks and spins, unless you consider Lebowskism itself a wink and spin.Read the full review
Rolling Stone | Peter TraversAdd Critic to Favorites
The go-for-broke performances help make all this paranormal activity too much fun to care.Read the full review
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54% The Men Who Stare at Goats
11/13/09 Though The Men Who Stare at Goats is a mostly entertaining, farcical glimpse of men at war, some may find its satire and dark humor less than edgy. | Rotten Tomatoes -
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11/09/09 Moviegoers were about as tight-fisted at the box office over the weekend as Ebenezer Scrooge was at the grindstone in his day. | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) -
Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats
11/06/09 We're told at the beginning of The Men Who Stare at Goats that "more of this is true than you would believe." | Cinematical.com -
Movie Reviews: “The Men Who Stare At Goats”
11/06/09 We get more paranormal activity this week in The Men Who Stare at Goats , starring George Clooney , Jeff Bridges and Stephen Lang about a reporter's efforts to reveal the story of an Army unit (supposedly real) seeking to harness the parapsychology for the benefit of the U.S. The movie, writes Steven Rea in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "has a glorious good time satirizing the extravagant lengths to which the military and intelligence establishments will go if they think there's a payoff at the other end." | The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) -
57% The Men Who Stare at Goats
11/05/09 Though some may find its satire and dark humor less than edgy, The Men Who Stare at Goats is an entertaining farcical glimpse of men at war. | Rotten Tomatoes -
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11/05/09 Charles Dickens' classic holiday tale "A Christmas Carol" takes on added dimension this weekend as the widest 3D release of the digital age. | Variety -
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71% The Men Who Stare at Goats
11/03/09 A reporter (Ewan McGregor) delves into the world of psychic military regiments during the Iraq War in this adaptation of the Jon Ronson book THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. | Rotten Tomatoes -
73% Men Who Stare at Goats
11/01/09 A reporter (Ewan McGregor) delves into the world of psychic military regiments during the Iraq War in this adaptation of the Jon Ronson book THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. | Rotten Tomatoes -
Jeff Bridges in demand
10/31/09 At the moment, Bridges, 59, stars as an alcoholic country singer in the upcoming Crazy Heart; as the hero of Tron Legacy, a special effects-laden sci-fi adventure due in 2010; and as a peacenik hippie leader of a psychic army unit in The Men Who Stare At Goats, which opens Friday. | JAM! Showbiz