MOVIE REVIEW - The Men Who Stare At Goats

The Men Who Stare At Goats may be the strangest movie title of the year, and it's a rather strange story to boot. A real nice cast here, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey. Ewan MacGregor, and Jeff Bridges star in this bizarre story based of true events. Very "out there" events in our nation involving our military.

We go back to the early 80's. The United States Army has begun a psychic division of the Army. "Super Soldiers" or "Jedi Warriors" they will be called, who use psychic powers to get the upper hand on our enemies. This is an officially sanctioned and functioning branch of the army that existed and eventually disbanded.

But now we flash forward to 2003. The war in Iraq is on, and reporters are flocking to get there to report on the new conflict. This is the story of one reporter who goes to Iraq, and meets up with one of the former psychics, who claims he is there and has been redeployed to join the war effort.

From there it is a deeply complicated plot line that needs more seeing, than reading. But I will tell you this movie does a lot of things really, really right. Clooney, Spacey and Bridges play some of these strange-o guys, with MacGregor as the Midwestern reporter that finds himself in the middle of all this in the Middle East. A very funny story with great performances, snappy dialogue and a real nice soundtrack. "Goats" is an adult comedy, but you don't need a masters degree to get it. You always have to remember that this movie is based on true events, and not a true story...word for word.

The Men Who Stare At Goats. Very entertaining, fun, and eye opening. A real good night at the moves, as a real good story ends up in the hands of four big stars and delivers a real nice movie. Good....real good.