With a great cast in search of better material, "The Men Who Stare at Goats" provides a sometimes intriguing, sometimes humorous look back at the Army's First Earth Battalion, a unit formed to harness paranormal powers to defeat the enemy. Looking back from present-day Iraq, a correspondent (Ewan McGregor) stumbles upon the star performer of the First Earth, Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who relates the story and colorful characters, leading to a surprising desert reunion. The movie is uneven, but has engaging moments. It's a free-wheeling lark, but I wanted to know more about what was "truer than you might imagine" and what was poetic license.
Rated R. 94 minutes. Grant Heslov - Director / Producer, Peter Straughan - Writer (screenplay), Jon ronson - Writer (book), George Clooney - Producer, Paul Lister - Producer, Robert Elswit -Cinematographer, Rolfe Kent - Composer, Sharon Weymour - Production Designer, Tatiana S. Riegel - Editor. Produced by Smoke House. Distributed by Overture Films.
Principal actors: George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey.
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