The Men Who Stare At Goats |  | Director: Grant Heslov
Actors: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges
Studio: Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  112 reviews
Sales Rank: 969
Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.7
MPN: 013132137094
UPC: 013132137094
EAN: 0013132137094
ASIN: B002VECMAE
Theatrical Release Date: November 6, 2009
Release Date: March 23, 2010
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Product Description
Reporter gets caught up in clandestine psychic army.
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Hard to define but easy to enjoy, The Men Who Stare at Goats is the preposterous yet more-true-than-not story of a small-town journalist named Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) who, trying to prove himself in Iraq, stumbles upon a man named Lyn Cassady (George Clooney) who claims to be a psychic spy for the U.S. Army. With dazzling cinematic efficiency, the movie bounces back and forth between the origins of the New Earth Army--a squad of American Jedi warriors--and Bob and Lyn wandering through war-torn Iraq, pursuing a mission that turns out to have been assigned by a vision. The movie shifts from giddy comedy to melancholy as a portrait of human pettiness, manifested in military paranoia and corporate greed, unfolds. The ending loses a bit of steam, but most of The Men Who Stare at Goats is a delight--unusual yet satisfying, funny and thoughtful in turns. Jeff Bridges plays--of course--the addled yet charismatic founder of the New Earth Army, while Kevin Spacey plays--of course--the weaselly, manipulative psychic spy who turns what was meant to transform the world for the better into a mechanism for propaganda and worse. Adapted from the bestselling nonfiction book of the same title by British journalist Jon Ronson, The Men Who Stare at Goats niftily balances surface lunacy with serious undercurrents, buoyed by excellent performances from all involved. --Bret Fetzer
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 A strange little movie. July 26, 2010
Brian Nallick (Mpls, MN)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought I knew what this movie was about before I saw it.
I was NOT prepared for a comedy. I thought the majority of the film would be presented in a serious fashion.
I was wrong, and happy I was wrong.
Let's get to it.
The good.
Great acting from everyone in the movie, Clooney and McGregor are hilarious.
Taught direction.
Perfect pacing.
This is a movie for all of us "outcasts".
Ever feel weird?
Ever feel like you didn't fit in?
See this movie, you'll feel much better.
The bad.
Nothing really.
Just don't expect a serious look into government funded psychic research.
All in all a great and strange movie.
A little on the touching side toward the end.
I'll give it my recommendation.
 STAR WARS PREQUEL July 25, 2010
Michael Ledo (Windsor, SC United States)
Ewan McGregor revives his role as a young Obi-wan (named Bob before he took a Jedi name) who first learns about "the force" through soldiers part of an army experiment. Eventually he will train Darth Vader, the spawn of Kevin SPACEY. George Clooney, who has mastered the dark side of the force will give birth to a race of SITH. Okay, so this isn't this movie...but it could be. The movie is a satire, not just about government psych experiments, but about human belief in the supernatural. This movie is certainly not for everyone, and if you had trouble watching other Cohen films, save your time on this one. Language and very brief nudity.
Men who Stare At Goats July 19, 2010
D. Johnson (New Mexico)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Was a strange movie. It was ok, but not as good as some of the other movies that George Clooney has been in.
Another Coen brothers masterpiece! July 15, 2010
Gayle Ruddell
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Along the same vein as "Brother where art thou?", the Coen brothers humor is evidenced masterfully in this film. Starts out slowly, but don't give up---it's priceless! Great service from the seller.
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Patricia Darnall (Greensboro, NC United States)
The cast was great, however, it was one of the strangest movies I've ever seen. My husband and I were very disappointed. When the film was over, we were left saying 'huh?" Weird, weird, weird.
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