Review: The Men Who Stare At Goats

Clooney is on quite the roll with turns in this, The Fantastic Mr Fox and the much anticipated Up In The Air all coming in quick succession. Sadly this film is more about Ewan McGregor as journalist Bob Wilton than Clooney and Jeff Bridges whose part in the rise of New Age Army in the post-Vietnam military, told in flashbacks in by far the funniest part of the movie.

A wasted Kevin Spacey briefly turns up as the villain of the piece without much to do and the film petters out to an anti-climatic finish that leaves you wondering why they bothered to change the source material if they aren't going to end it properly.

The film is entertaining enough and at 84 minuted doesn't outstay its welcome, but if you want to watch Clooney and Bridges do screwball comedy, go watch a Coen Brothers film