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The Men Who Stare at Goats

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Struggling reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) gets the scoop of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be from a unit of psychic soldiers who have been reactivated for duty. Intrigued by Cassady's assertions that they can walk through walls and kill goats by fixed gazes, Wilton follows him on a dangerous, top-secret mission across Iraq to find the brigade's founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges).
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Critics Consensus

Though The Men Who Stare at Goats is a mostly entertaining, farcical glimpse of men at war, some may find its satire and dark humor less than edgy.

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Ed Koch The Atlantic 01/17/2018
Save your money and, more important, your precious time. Go to Full Review Rafer Guzman Newsday 07/06/2010
All in all, Goats would have been groaningly familiar, even back in the 1960s. Go to Full Review Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness 03/30/2010
C-
A series of barely tethered surrealistic shenanigans perpetrated by coasting A-listers. Go to Full Review Michael Leader Den of Geek 05/07/2024
4/5
Misgivings about its conclusion aside, it feels like it knows its place in the world, tipping the hat to both the book and a previous Channel 4 documentary for their more factual takes on the subject, while revelling in the barminess of the whole thing. Go to Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 08/30/2023
2.5/4
It contains enough absurdist wit rooted in the paranormal to make it an offbeat farce. What it doesn’t have is substance. Go to Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins 11/29/2020
6/10
There are lots of introductions and plenty of set up, but viewers are left in the dark through most of the conflict. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Joseph U @RT80557845 Mar 27 I saw this film when it first released in the theaters. Sat through the whole thing thinking What the Heck? Over the next two weeks I would randomly flash on a scene and start laughing. Had hang time for me but proved entertaining. Course, I am reportedly wired funny (not Ha Ha funny). See more Downriver R @Downriver Mar 8 This movie is highly underrated comedy. Worth the watch A list actors. Acting is great. Cast is Great. See more Emma C @RT54339804 Oct 28 Ugh the biggest load of rubbish I think I have ever seen! What a complete waste of time - they should have donated the money to charity rather than waste it making this utter twaddle!! See more D P @RT45936356 08/12/2025 No... uh uh... just no. I feel like Ewan McGregor was casted just to go along with all the Jedi jokes. That won't suffice unfortunately. I'm sure someone thought this was a worthy story to tell, but I thought it was hard to break into Hollywood. I thought only the best talent and the best ideas made it through. Yet a whole bunch of untalented people are getting all of these vanity projects funded??? What a joke. See more Paul T @PGTipped 08/10/2025 Amazing homage to a wonderful book I really question the taste of anyone who doesn't enjoy this See more Brad S. R @RT07389644 03/20/2025 One of the longest hour-and-a-half watches I can remember. See more Read all reviews
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Grant Heslov

Director

George Clooney

Lyn Cassady

Jeff Bridges

Bill Django

Ewan McGregor

Bob Wilton

Kevin Spacey

Larry Hooper

Robert Patrick

Todd Nixon

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Synopsis Struggling reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) gets the scoop of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), who claims to be from a unit of psychic soldiers who have been reactivated for duty. Intrigued by Cassady's assertions that they can walk through walls and kill goats by fixed gazes, Wilton follows him on a dangerous, top-secret mission across Iraq to find the brigade's founder, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges).
Director
Grant Heslov
Producer
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Paul Lister
Screenwriter
Peter Straughan
Distributor
Overture Films
Production Co
Smoke House, Paul Lister
Rating
R (Language|Brief Nudity|Some Drug Content)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 6, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 6, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$32.4M
Runtime
1h 33m
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