Nov 6th, 2009 - MTV
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What went wrong with this movie? The subject - the U.S. military's apparently actual flirtation with paranormal warfare - has rich comic promise. And the cast - George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges - couldn't be much stronger. But while the trailer for "The Men Who Stare at Goats" suggests a quirky, Coen-esque romp, the picture itself lacks the Coen brothers' sardonic intelligence and deft pacing. It wanders and wilts and very quickly falls apart.
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Nov 6th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times
It all started with an unlikely pairing of two unknowns. Back in the '80s, a couple of struggling actors named Grant Heslov and George Clooney were in Milton Katselas' famed acting class...Kurt Loder Reviews 'The Men Who Stare At Goats'
Nov 6th, 2009 - MTV
FROM MTV.COM: What went wrong with this movie? The subject — the U.S. military's apparently actual flirtation with paranormal warfare — has rich comic promise. And the cast — George Clooney...
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Nov 6th, 2009 - Washington Post
You'd have to be out of your mind to object to watching George Clooney -- in full Clark Gable mode, no less -- for an hour and a half. But he's part of the problem with...Ewan McGregor: Goat-starer extraordinaire (Clooney, too)
Nov 1st, 2009 - USA Today
TORONTO — In The Men Who Stare at Goats, which arrives in theaters this Friday, there are men. There are goats. And, yes, staring is involved.
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