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(1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 54% Rotten Page   1   "Heslov thinks he's making a Coen Brothers movie, so Clooney and especially Bridges continuously play up how "off" they are, but the source material didn't need any help."   Examiner.com   Adam Lippe 3/5 "Neither as quirky as it thinks it is nor as witty as it wants to be, The Men Who Stare at Goats is a low grade military send-up."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 1.5/4 "A jokey mess so far from the humane, satirical alchemy of Three Kings that a revocation of the producer-star's cinematic passport to the land of military-industrial japery seems in order."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber B+ "Blithe and teeming with actors having the time of their lives, Goats is a hilarious, freewheeling descent into the abyssal madness of the military machine."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "perhaps the funniest war movie since Stripes."   Filmcritic.com   Christopher Null D+ ""The Men Who Stare at Goats" falls into the politically impotent sub-genre of lightweight satire of which "Charlie Wilson's War" and "The Informant" are recent touchstones."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Setting up easy targets, The Men Who Stare at Goats seems less clever than behind the times."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "...infused with an unapologetically silly and irreverent sensibility..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C+ "Lesser version of Catch-22."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 1.5/4 "A loopy, fact-scattered comedy close to woeful in its failure at producing laughs and some much-needed levity. If there is some big, meaningful point to the film, it is lost in a landmine of slapstick and mugging."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B "It has a quick pace and plenty of laugh-out-loud moments, though you might wish it had tried to do something a little more substantial."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider C "Offers just a few moderately amusing moments, and by and large proves curiously flat, despite all the talent on the screen."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A quirky and clever movie about the oddball adventures of some psychic spies dedicated to nonlethal combat."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The Men Who Stare at Goats is a comedy, and I laughed quite a few times while watching it, but that sobering reality almost makes me want to cry."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2.5/4 "gets by on its goofy, absurdist charm and gonzo characters without ever making a significant impact"   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick "Parental Content Review"   Screen It!   Jim Judy "Neither absurdist enough as a comedy nor trenchant enough as a war satire, this effort elicits a few chuckles but little else."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy C+ "Even Clooney seems to be spinning his wheels here, playing the same self-aware looniness we've seen from him in Coen Brothers movies, just as Jeff Bridges is right back in "Big Lebowski" territory."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/4 "Hilarious and also sobering."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "[C]heeky, baffled madness... [but] there is no doubt that the yearning and the questioning and the skepticism it all encapsulates about modern masculinity is achingly authentic..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "It falls a bit short of the high bar it has set for itself, yet I respect the film's willingness to aim that high. And it does get enough right to be worth seeing."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ "The light-heartedness of the movie's tone goes from pratfall humor to a wrenching depiction of the consequences of foolishness."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 4/5 "And yet, while "The Men Who Stare at Goats" may not completely succeed as a whole, it has so many worthwhile individual elements that it should not be completely written off either."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "Based on true events as recounted in the Jon Ronson book, this freewheeling war comedy is deeply entertaining due to the crazy-but-believable premise and wonderfully outrageous characters."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "This story is a myth, but it is pleasant, gentle and funny. Like all myths, it reveals certain truths."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 2.5/4 "Does a passable imitation of a Coen brothers comedy."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 7/10 "Surreal and absurdly satirical, claiming, 'More of this is true than you'd care to believe.'"   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 28) of 28 OFCS Rating: 54% Rotten Page   1