The Men Who Stare at Goats Reviews and Ratings



  • December 21, 2009
    Clever movie, but it leaves you with a feeling that they forced a movie out of a short story. All the big name actors did themselves proud with their work in this one, but sometimes even that is not enough.
  • December 20, 2009
    Pretty much a starwars spoof that has a predictable ending. Yet I loved every minute of it
  • December 18, 2009
    Kevin Spacey? Must see this one ^^
  • December 18, 2009
    Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, and George Clooney: need I say more? Hell, even Robert Patrick had a brief stint in this one. Most of the flashbacks are actually funnier than the present story, but it's still great through and through. Jeff Bridges needs to continue to play these kin...( read more)da characters as long as he can.
  • December 18, 2009
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  • December 17, 2009
    It was quite funny, but there were also other bits that weren't so...did leave a nice happy feeling at the end though, probably because of the music ^_^
  • December 17, 2009
    so disappointed in this
  • December 17, 2009
    love brains love Tim Leary love deserts love this film
  • December 16, 2009
    This looks mad funny!
  • December 16, 2009
    Can someone provide me the full synopsis of The Men Who Stare at Goats.
  • December 15, 2009
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  • December 14, 2009
    A great premise to what could have probably been a great movie if only the film had more material to work with. There are some laugh-out-loud moments and some great characters by Bridges, Spacey, and Clooney. The real problem this film suffers was the lack of an actual story; the...( read more) film is just only a good idea.
  • December 13, 2009
    It's nice to see this movie, and very intresting
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  • December 12, 2009
    What a fantastic movie. It's smart, funny, original and very entertaining. A sharp and exhilerating piece of comic greatness. It's a flat-out hilarious great time at the movies that you will love. A clever, well-written, sharply directed and very well performend film with an A-Gr...( read more)ade all-star cast. Director, Grant Heslov has done an exceptional job with this material and its stars. George Clooney and Ewan McGregor are teriffic. Jeff Bridges is hilarious in so many ways. Kevin Spacey is brilliant. The cast has great chemistry together. A wonderful soundtrack and great set pieces. An outragious, enjoyable and outstanding film. A classic new comedy thats so unbeliveably fun and its even true.
  • December 9, 2009
    Hilarious stuff. I enjoyed it immensely.
  • December 9, 2009
    I really enjoyed the movie. It was funny to watch since I have read some books on this, so to see the toungue in cheek way they played with the topic was good. I think I liked the movie in the same way I liked Burn Before Reading. Good movie.
  • December 6, 2009
    I am glad it is R....lol
  • December 6, 2009
    Strange yet funny little movie which could just be written off as being dumb. Plain and simple: I liked it. Rather, I liked it a lot. Yes, there's comedic moments, but room for some ingenuity and food-for-thought. Shoot, with a title like The Men Who Stare At Goats, there ...( read more)had better be. Okay, maybe it's more wacky and absurd than anything, but this film is really something else. At the film's intro, a text states: "More of this is true than you would believe." Life as we all know is stranger than fiction, and this little goofy, oddball of a flick pushes the boundaries. But it's not just the strageness and humor that catches me, it's just the story itself, how it progresses, where it takes the characters... and in a goofy sense it's kinda spiritual with its prevalent New Age spirituality and skepticism/logic. Although the latter is played more for laughs, Ewan McGregor's character, a journalist named Bob, offers some insight as he gradually accepts not just the story Lyn (Clooney) gives, but something much more that he changes and perhaps becomes enlightened. I know this movie may not be accepted as deep as I took it, but I dunno... it's a fun, clever, and insightful little film that offers a small, spiritual outlook on reality. Looking for something new and original? Look no further than The Men Who Stare At Goats. Did I mention it's funny as heck? ^_^
  • December 6, 2009
    only for the casting...
  • December 5, 2009
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  • December 5, 2009
    bull sh.....t
    dont bother watch
  • December 5, 2009
    FUNNY AND IRONIC CHECK THIS ONE OUT...LADIES MIGHT UNDERSTAND IT TOO
  • December 4, 2009
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  • December 4, 2009
    Picture
    The idea of psychic soldier sounds incredibly fascinating despite its ridiculousness. But in The Men Who Stare at Goats that ludicrous premise (or promise) is a thing of urban legend-cum-real-life-events. The clandestine program to program certain clairvoyance-gifted youn...( read more)g men depicted in this film is not a far cry from the actual programs that must've been in existence (and the cause of internal ridicule) in our arms forces' past.

    Ewan McGregor plays an American journalist bent on shaking off the remnants of a marriage gone wrong by actually doing something with his life. Therefore, he thinks of going to Iraq in the first weeks of the U.S.-led invasion in 2003. There he meets a wacked-out George Clooney (who is still recovering from his days as a psychic soldier from the Vietnam era.)

    What turns into a goal for a story about Iraq, turns into a search for the truth behind what is knows as "The Men Who Stare at Goats." Clooney's character proclaims that he and his colleagues were able to stop a goat's heart by staring at it (long enough) and that he possesses many other mind-control devices within his own mind. And that if the enemy (the soviets, Iraqis or whomever) were to find out about them--well, it would be the end of...the program.

    Sounds funny, right? Kind of? A little? Maybe not. The movie falls under the wretched spell of it brilliant casting (which also includes Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey) and muddles any semblance of gravitas with a plot so convoluted, complex and downright confusing that you'll be lost before you know it. It's not so much that the machinations of the characters are too difficult to keep up with. It's the fact that I couldn't care less about them.

    Their lives weren't that interesting and their military goals weren't compelling enough to merit an entire movie being made about them. Some quirky little episodes ensue (Clooney's wreckless "cloud-bursting" strands them in the desert) but, overall, the movie ends up feeling like an empty vehicle to display shiny, high paid actors like Space, Clooney and McGregor.

    Perhaps the concept of this movie was brilliant. I can't tell. But the execution of the film itself was dull and abrasive. It really said nothing new about the military now and it said nothing amusing about the military then. It seemed a little self-serving and inaccessible for the general population. Of course, I am not a pot-smoking hippie now and I certainly wasn't around when most young Americans were either. So, maybe I'm just out of touch.
  • December 3, 2009
    will love to see it ASAP
  • December 3, 2009
    An interesting look at how fucked up someone else's mind can be.
  • December 3, 2009
    se me gustaria verla se ve bn suave!!!
  • December 3, 2009
    Strangely enough, this IS ACTUALLY BASED ON A TRUE STORY. But they got so much wrong that it might as well not be true anymore. Also, the screenwriter pokes fun at the whole thing and makes it a joke when this stuff is actually going on.

    What a waste of valuable time and mone...( read more)y. I wanted to see this forever because I thought it would be more of a documentary on how the government did paranormal experiments but the whole hippie thing was just sick and totally ridiculous. It wasn't even humorous it was slightly insulting to my intelligence and very bizare.

    Incredibly disappointing, especially with such a stellar cast. Alas, though it was a big disappointment, at least it was slightly interesting. For instance, now I am obsessed with figuring out if the US government actually uses the Barney song as a form of torture or if that was just a crude joke for the purpose of getting a laugh from mindless movie goers.
  • December 3, 2009
    halo to you can you aid me
  • December 3, 2009
    This looks absolutely fabulous
  • December 3, 2009
    I actually quite liked it thought it was funny with an interesting storyline
  • December 3, 2009
    lmao i seen this sadly :P
  • December 2, 2009
    super awesome movie one of he biggest hit of all time .i have watched it alread you can watch it here http://tiny4.us/kde2ck
  • December 2, 2009
    looks like a funny movie
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  • December 2, 2009
    Ewan McGregor is in it so I NEED 2 SEE IT!!!!
  • December 2, 2009
    A waste of your valuable time and money. Billed as hilarious - this movie was probably the strangest, weirdest movie I've ever seen...and really not very funny. We had one good laugh at the very beginning, and never again. Kept waiting for something to tie it all together, w...( read more)hich never came. With such a stellar cast, we thought it had to be good, but were very disappointed. Don't bother with this one - I'm sorry we did!
  • December 2, 2009
    Worst movie i quite possibly have ever seen. So stupid, plot is so far fetched it's almost ridiculous. Hated it.
  • December 2, 2009
    Stupidest ending in the world. But the movie wasn't half bad if you've got nothing else to watch.
  • December 2, 2009
    A journalist accompanies an agent working for a secret, experimental psychic warfare Army unit (the Jedi Knights of the New Earth Army) on a mission deep into the Iraqi desert. Gets points for originality, but needed a lot more belly-laughs and a more satisfying conclusion. The ...( read more)star-studded cast (George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges) don't go far enough over the top, often seeming wasted.
  • December 1, 2009
    seriously? look at that title. Does not inspire anyone with a brain to go and watch!
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  • December 1, 2009
    Staring At Goats Not Hilarious, But Fun

    Once again, the trailers deceive us. In what looked like a laugh-riot comedy was much more subtler in reality. The film isn't hilarious, but there are some really funny moments. The cast is great as a group of oddballs, plus it's fun to s...( read more)ee Jeff Bridges in full-on "Dude" mode. The story keeps you intrigued throughout it all.
  • December 1, 2009
    Different. Funny. Saw it at the theatres, but would recommend waiting for it on DVD.
  • December 1, 2009
    I liked the film a lot better than the book :)
  • December 1, 2009
    funny to start with and cept my interest but flaged towards the end, this was a all star line up but i'm not sure that remote viewing can keep an audience interested for long

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