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
