This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

The Men Who Stare At Goats is an entertaining film as you're watching it, but, after it's over, you really don't know what to make of it all. Most of the time I spent wondering how much of it is based on actual events. This movie dances between sharp political satire and Coen-brothers-style farce. It doesn't really go anywhere, but the ride is fun.

Smart and funny, absurd and a bit self-conscious but as soon as I had time to think, I thought. The cast is fun but reeks of pre-sales needs. The names in the cast propels you to expectation that are going to let you down no matter how you put it. George Clooney is great fun but try, just try to imagine a great actor you never heard of in that part. I couldn't separate the character from the actor not for a second. So I saw Clooney being funny and that does something to the film that keeps its real intentions at arms length because the star-actor gets in the way. I have a feeling however that time will be kind to this film. Audiences will be able to see it again in years to come with more objectivity and appreciate it much more.

Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is a small town reporter told to interview psychic Gus Lacey (Stephen Root). Gus claims to have been in a special psychic unit in the U.S. Army. They were trained to kill psychically and one time they killed a goat by staring at it. Bob's wife (Rebecca Mader) leaves him for his editor. During the Iraq war, he's stuck in Kuwait waiting for permission where he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney). Gus had previously mentioned Lyn as the skipper of the secret unit. After getting shot in Vietnam, Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) started investigating other ways to fight wars. Years of living with hippies leads him to start the New Earth Army. Larry Hooper (Kevin Spacey) is intend on using the findings for the dark side.The movie takes the quirky material and adds very little. The actors are sincere. Bridges brings a little bit of his inner Lebowski. Clooney is a little manic. McGregor is the wide-eye semi-loser. The characters are likable enough but the movie lacks bigger laughs. It's a lot of quirky stuff. It's not real enough to be compelling and it's not surreal enough to be fun. It's on the same path as Dr Strangelove but it's nowhere near as good. Director Grant Heslov is a relative novice and this needs better talents like the Coen brothers to pull it together.

"More of this is true than you would actually believe." A title card tells us before the film starts. This story that you will never believe is actually based on anything in reality starts off with Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) a down on his luck reporter who goes to Iraq to get the latest scoop on the War on Terror. In doing so he meets Sergeant First Class Lyn Cassady (George Clooney) a former US Army soldier who was part of a top secret unit of the Army called the New Earth Army, which was a unit that used paranormal powers. As Lyn drives Bob to an Army outpost he tells his the history of the unit, with Lyn's friendship with his commanding officer Lieutenant Colonel Bill Django (Jeff Bridges). But because Lyn and Bob are in Iraq they run into Al Qaeda and a security detail that complicate their lives. Luckily Lyn's psychic abilities always get them out of a jam. Overall I thought this was a good comedy that always managed to put elements of humor in at the right moments. I also can't help but feel that the movie I really about friendship. Bob and Lyn's dialog together is funny, and Clooney gives a great comedic showing. The movie is also told in many flashback scenes with Lyn and Bill in the New Earth Army and the relationship that these two guys have is just great. It's not a perfect comedy but it's certainly not as bad as some people make it out to be.