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The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

The Men Who Stare at Goats
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George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges

The story of a secret unit within the US Army called the First Earth Battalion, whose paranormal military ideas mutated over the decades to influence interrogation techniques at Guantanamo Bay.

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53% liked it
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54% liked it
156 critics

R, 1 hr. 30 min.
Directed by: Grant Heslov
Release Date: Nov 06, 2009

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4 hours ago
Terribly dry and boring. Plot Went NOWHERE. A huge waste of time and money.......
4 hours ago
this has a funny title
5 hours ago
didn't like the movie .at allll
6 hours ago
Expected better. Disappointing
7 hours ago
Funny, original and well acted. Definately deserves a watch

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23 days ago
A.O. Scott, At the Movies
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.
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26 days ago
Kurt Loder, MTV
What went wrong with this movie?
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26 days ago
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
The film starts hopefully, drifts into the desert, ends up starved of point, pith and pattern.
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27 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
There's no doubt we need more movies for grown-ups, with jokes that don't hit us over the head, but The Men Who Stare at Goats doesn't fit the bill. At best, it might hypnotize you into a stupor.
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27 days ago
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
The yarn unravels without ever identifying its satirical targets. Is it a lampoon of peace-and-love mysticism? A critique of militant war-for-profit privateers? Ultimately, it's a shapeless wad of goat cheese.
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