New Age meets the Army

Rating: 6/10 (22 November 2009)

This time of the year seems to be for movies adapted from the books. The Men Who Stare at Goats is one of those. Again, actors Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor, George Clooney and Jeff Bridges do they best, but the story just does not carry. All the funny parts were obviously dumped into the trailer.
The story is based on reporter finding that USA army is training psychic spies, with all unbelievable elements included. The story has a lot potential and is an intriguing idea, something in the Clooney-McGregor chemistry worked out, and Bridges as an old timer hippie. As a style the film is fluctuating between the comedy and drama.
It is a nice movie for the afternoon, perhaps better as a DVD.