The Men Who Stare At Goats

Rating: 6/10 (21 February 2011)

It is a satiric war comedy, as a war-themed feature, it's more unconventional than JARHEAD (2005), which doesn't not prevent the paranormal paranoid backdrop confidently brings a sense of novelty at the beginning.
The present story and the flashbacks intwines smoothly, the mysterious Jedi troop set piece is hilarious because of Ewan's presence. However, who would expect that with its unabashed boldness, the second part all of a sudden lost its fuel, tastes like some kind of cheesy pastiche of M*A*S*H (1970), hurries to find a way to reach the end, no matter what it is.
The all-male cast is at large squandered, the only exception is George Clooney, who exert himself to be convincing and entertaining as the same time, Ewan is barely detectable as his character is so stock, but at least it is my guilty pleasure to see him in his quasi-innocent devotion while Jeff and Kevin unfortunately need more space to prove their capacity.
The film could become a smart war parody and inject a deeper percussion to the audience's senses, as a cinephile it is rather hurt to witness a great idea gone wild.
One advice, I saw the DVD in two separate days, my gut feeling is that if one watches it from start to end as a whole, maybe it will emancipate a slightly better appreciation.