The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Average Rating: 5.7/10
Reviews Counted: 203
Fresh: 105 | Rotten: 98
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.
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 43
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 24
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.
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Loosely adapted from a nonfiction book by Jon Ronson, Grant Heslov's directorial debut The Men Who Stare at Goats begins as heartbroken reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) heads off to imbed himself with troops as the Iraq War starts, but Wilton can't get himself into the country until he chances upon Lyn Cassady (George Clooney). It turns out Lyn spent decades as part of the New Earth Army -- a platoon of men, led by Bill Django (Jeff Bridges), who lived a new-age lifestyle in an attempt to
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Cast
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George Clooney
Lyn Cassady -
Ewan McGregor
Bob Wilton -
Jeff Bridges
Bill Django -
Kevin Spacey
Larry Hooper -
Stephen Lang
General Hopgood -
Robert Patrick
Todd Nixon -
Waleed F. Zuaiter
Mahmud Daash -
Stephen Root
Gus Lacey -
Glenn Morshower
Major Jim Holtz -
Nick Offerman
Scotty Mercer -
Tim Griffin
Tim Kootz -
Rebecca Mader
Deborah Wilton -
Jacob Browne
Lieutenant Boone -
Todd Latourrette
Dave -
Brad Grunberg
Ron -
Elsa Villafane
Gus' Mother -
Fawad Masood Siddiqu...
Kuwait Waiter -
Samuel Gates
Journalist #1 -
McCaleb Burnett
Journalist #2 -
Sean Phillips
Vietnam Soldier -
Matt Newton
Vietnam Private Chri... -
Minh Tu Van
VC Woman -
Robert Curtis-Brown
General Brown -
Hrach Titizian
Kidnapper #1 -
Shafik N. Bahou
Kidnapper #2 -
Christopher Maher
Iraqi Driver -
Drew Seltzer
Technician -
Donn Lamkin
Lyn's Father -
Sean Curley
Lyn (12 years old) -
Michael David Aragon
Insurgent -
Morse Bicknell
Ben Echmeyer -
Terry Serpico
Krom - Phil Driver -
Wiley M. Pickett
Krom - Texan -
Diego Serrano
Krom - Chilean -
Regi Huc
Krom - 3rd Security ... -
Kevin Geer
CIA Agent -
Kevin Wiggins
Major General Jack G... -
J.J. Raschel
Clifford Hickox -
Aaron Shiver
Norm Pendleton -
Jaime Margarida
Major General Pendle... -
Steve Witting
PSIC Worker #1 -
Hunter Bell
PSIC Worker #2 -
Edward Holley
Amry Soldier -
Christopher Robinson
Stryker Soldier -
William Sterchi
Bob's Editor -
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All Critics (203) | Top Critics (43) | Fresh (105) | Rotten (98) | DVD (9)
All in all, Goats would have been groaningly familiar, even back in the 1960s.
Top CriticIt's a disappointment.
Everyone involved seems to have had a pretty good time, but this one looks like it was more fun to make than it is to watch.
The narrative flips and flops ruin the comedic flow.
If this is what a Hollywood liberal conscience looks like, it's a glib and useless thing.
This is grizzled, wild-eyed Clooney, not the suave sophisticate, and it's a nice change of pace.
Even at a brief running time of 87 minutes, the film feels stretched, leaving you as "the person who blankly stares at the screen"...until it's finally over.
The oddity of its subject matter can't quite find a suitable groove between weird believability and preposterous put-on.
A genuinely funny film packed with acting talent (...) well worth 90 minutes of anyone's time.
although Clooney's charm factor helps Cassady rise above the caricatures created by the rest of the cast. ... it won't necessarily elevate a mediocre film into one worth watching.
The Men Who Stare at Goats makes [True Lies] seem like a sensitive and balanced take on American/Middle Eastern relations.
The film aspires to the kind of quirk the Coen Brothers do so well. It delivers quirk in droves. It just stops short of the big yucks.
The slapstick is broad and the jokes are scattershot, but the satirical digs at the self-delusion directing much of American foreign policy are well aimed.
Una comedia satírica y anti militarista mucho menos graciosa de lo que prometía.
A series of barely tethered surrealistic shenanigans perpetrated by coasting A-listers.
...an odd movie that falls in between the cracks of dramedy and military satire. While it has a fine cast and some terrific moments, this story of an experimental U.S. military unit with allegedly psychic powers never really gets off the ground.
Strained and uncomfortably buffonish. Everybody (except Clooney) is mugging when they should've just tried acting. Real satire draws blood. This one nudges you in the ribs.
Silly psychics make good characters but don't have enough to do
While this often hilariously haphazard film draws you in, you're ultimately left trying to discern fact from fiction.
Despite this offbeat film's shortcomings, one can't help but admire director Grant Heslov and his influential pal Clooney in bringing to the screen yet another timely reminder of war's ludicrousness and ultimate futility.
The film meanders in a nonsensical way and never reaches a satisfactory conclusion. It's got a Coen Brothers edge to it and will leave many viewers scratching their heads.
It's more like a series of amazing anecdotes and crazy adventures than a fully formed story
Like its intriguing title, this 'more of it is true than you would believe' satire about US intelligence, psychic spies, hippies and super soldiers is a trip to the wacky side
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- Bill Django: I just saw Timothy Leary.
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- Larry Hooper: We're not doing that one anymore, idiot!
- Larry Hooper: (Twizzlers) God I love these things.
- Lyn Cassady: I told you. I remote viewed you.
- Larry Hooper: THis could be the new age for Psychic research.
- Bill Django: I pray my boots will always kiss your face (earth).
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- Lyn Cassady: If the exact target of the mission was known, it wouldn't take a Jedi would it?
- Larry Hooper: Well sir, we do have the Goat Lab.
- Lyn Cassady: I'd used my powers for evil.
- Lyn Cassady: the Death Touch.
- Larry Hooper: Turns out there are certain people very interested in the New Earth Army.
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- Bob Wilton: I could hear the little man screaming inside me again. He was screaming like a little girl.
- Lyn Cassady: I mean, we (too) have kidnappers in America, always a few bad apples.
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- Larry Hooper: I see a tin mug.
- Larry Hooper: No, its a man sitting in a chair [true, Lincoln's Monument]
- Bob Wilton: Only true human beings may carry the Eagle feather.
- Bob Wilton: As Bill said, the truth truely was with this one.
- Bob Wilton: Its been said he could do a tug of war with a dozen men and not move an inch.
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- Bill Django: And remember, no solid food this week!
- Bill Django: Think cold, real cold. [as they walk on hot coals]
- Bob Wilton: They would be a force for good and peace.
- Bob Wilton: Then into the garden, a serpent did come.
- Bob Wilton: Right from the start, he [Larry] made himself unpopular from the start.
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Foreign Titles
- Männer die auf Ziegen starren (DE)
- Men Who Stare at Goats (UK)
