Hi,
Last night's film was The men who stare at goats, and what a good movie it turned out to be.
Directed by Grant Heslov, with George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey. The 4 main actors are superb, all of them aided by a really good script. Funny, never over the top silly and very clever.
However the film did run out of steam in the last 20 minutes, and to be honest become a little dull after such a great opening hour or so. Which is a shame really, but overall the sum of the parts still made it a worthwhile watch.
Oh yes, what's it about? Well McGregor's character is a small town reporter, who's wife leaves him and he sets out to prove he's bigger man than she thinks. He stumbles into a story about the US defence training men for pyshic war fare! Meeting the main man in the training programmer (Clooney) in Iraq. McGregor then follows Clooney's character on his next mission to cover the story and get his big break!
Overall, Funny and clever, good performances all round, but the film just lagged towards the end (8/10)
If I hadn't known this wasn't a Coen Brothers movie then it was a Coen Brothers movie. The comedy was very much in their vein (if you liked burn after reading this had a similar feel). At it's heart it was a movie about finding yourself again when you feel all has been lost. The cast were all very good and the script was sharp and witty. 8/10
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