The Men Who Stare at Goats: Loopy and lightweight
Friday, November 6th, 2009
By Matt Brunson
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
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DIRECTED BY Grant Heslov
STARS George Clooney, Jeff Bridges
Loopy enough to stand out from the homogenized pack but not bold enough to truly go the distance, this eccentric satire (inspired by Jon Ronson’s nonfiction book of the same name) proves to be a modestly pleasing piffle in which journalist Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor, sincere but straightjacketed by an undemanding role) searches for a great story on the outskirts of the Iraq War and finds one in Lyn Cassady (George Clooney). (more…)
