The Men Who Stare At Goats

Unfortunately I also have little to say about this movie, though I really wish I had more. It started out with such a great premise.

George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, and Kevin Spacey were all part of a secret government agency called the New Earth Army that focused on developing psychic powers before the Russians did. Ewan McGregor is a reporter who, while interviewing a guy who he believes is crazy, stumbles across the existence of this group. Putting it aside as mere fancy, he travels to Iraq (after troubles with his wife) and miraculously stumbles upon the best psychic in the group, Clooney. They undertake a crazy mission together, searching for...something that Clooney refuses to reveal.

It's especially ironic they hired McGregor for the role as the psychic soldiers called themselves "Jedi" and there's no end to the references to it. And I'm sure it was intentional.

Still, I was totally hyped to see this movie. Great cast, fun concept, basically all the trappings of a great movie. Alas, that isn't what it was. Yes, it was fun, but it was reeeally stupid. They made a lot of jokes, but they just weren't that funny. A lot of the movie simply relied on us laughing at how crazy all these guys were. And it wasn't even the cast's fault. Everyone did a great job as expected. But as happens with so many movies like this the script just let them down. It certainly had its moments but more often than not just came across as silly and forgettable.

The Men Who Stare At Goats gets a 5.5/10.