The Men Who Stare at Goats poster

The Men Who Stare at Goats( 2009)

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No goats. No glory.

Overview

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

    Top Billed Cast

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      George Clooney

      Lyn Cassady

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      Ewan McGregor

      Bob Wilton

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      Jeff Bridges

      Bill Django

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      Kevin Spacey

      Larry Hooper

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      Robert Patrick

      Todd Nixon

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      Stephen Lang

      Brigadier General Dean Hopgood

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      Waleed Zuaiter

      Mahmud Daash

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      Stephen Root

      Gus Lacey

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      Glenn Morshower

      Major General Holtz

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      Nick Offerman

      Scotty Mercer

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      Tim Griffin

      Tim Kootz

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      Rebecca Mader

      Debora Wilton

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      Jacob Browne

      Lieutenant Boone

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      Todd Lawson LaTourrette

      Dave

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      Brad Grunberg

      Ron

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      Elsa Villafane

      Gus' Mother

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      Fawad Siddiqui

      Kuwait Waiter

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      Samuel Ray Gates

      Journalist #1

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      McCaleb Burnett

      Journalist #2

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      Robert Curtis Brown

      General Brown

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      Hrach Titizian

      Kidnapper #1

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      Shafik N. Bahou

      Kidnapper #2

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      Christopher Maher

      Iraqi Driver

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      Matt Newton

      Chris - Viet Nam Pvt.

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      Kevin Wiggins

      Major General Jack Gillian

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      JJ Raschel

      Clifford Hickox

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      Arron Shiver

      Norm Pendleton

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      Jaime Margarida

      Major General Pendleton

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      William Sterchi

      Bob's Editor

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      Drew Seltzer

      Technician

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      Donn Lamkin

      Lyn's Father

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      Sean Curley

      Lyn (12 years old)

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      Michael-David Aragon

      Insurgent

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      Morse Bicknell

      Ben Echmeyer

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      Kevin Geer

      CIA Agent

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      Chick Bernhard

      Krom - SUV

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    A review by Peter McGinn

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    Written by Peter McGinn on Sun Apr 05 2020
    Considering the star power here (Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey) I can understand why people might feel somewhat disappointed when they watch it. I mean, the description even mentions the Coen brothers as a basis for comparison. With Jeff Bridges' role, it was difficult not to think of The Big Lebowski, but this film isn't of that caliber. Still, I thought it was entertaining most of the time. There were slow interludes that could have been removed to improve the pacing without harming the story. But if you understand that they aren't going for laugh out loud gags or one-liners, but rat...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    24000000.00

    Revenue

    68729358.00

    Keywords

    • vietnam veteran
    • kuwait
    • new age
    • paranoid fantasy
    • hippie lifestyle
    • drug use