The Men Who Stare At Goats: Blu Ray Review
The Men Who Stare At Goats - Blu Ray
Rating: M
Released by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Ewan McGregor stars as small town reporter Bob Wilton
in this shaggy dog style story.
One day Wilton
looks into the story of Gus Lacey who claims to have psychic abilities.
After dismissing the story, Bob finds he can't escape
from the idea of the psychics - and despite being posted to Iraq, in the
unlikeliest of circumstances, Bob comes across Lyn Cassady (a deadpan turn by
George Clooney) who Lacey claimed was a major part of the operation.
With his journalistic nose well and truly piqued,
Wilton follows the story having learned that Cassady was a "Jedi warrior" and
part of a psychic unit started up by Bill Django (Jeff Bridges in Dude a la
Lebowski mode).
The Men Who Stare At Goats is
quite the loose comedy piece here and there with Clooney once again drawing on
elements of his O Brother Where Art Thou goofiness - but honestly, it's really
all in the script for this.
The Men Who Stare At Goats' ending comes a little unravelled (and the final
scene is a bit of a disappointment) the journey is a scarily funny one with some
great one liners, hysterically odd situations and moments where you actually
question what you've just witnessed and whether it was based on some grain of
truth.
Extras: Commentary with author Jon Ronson, director Grant
Heslov and deleted scenes - as well as exclusive to Blu Ray featurette on the
goats.
Rating: 8/10
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