5.2 Score

2009 • 1h 34min • R • Comedy, War

The Men Who Stare at Goats

"No goats. No glory."

A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.

IMDb 6.2

RT 51%

MC 54

Director

Grant Heslov

Writers

Jon Ronson

Peter Straughan

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George Clooney

Lyn Cassady

Ewan McGregor

Bob Wilton

Jeff Bridges

Bill Django

Kevin Spacey

Larry Hooper

Robert Patrick

Todd Nixon

Stephen Lang

Brigadier General Dean Hopgood

Waleed Zuaiter

Mahmud Daash

Stephen Root

Gus Lacey

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