'The Men Who Stare at Goats' Falls Short of Strangelovian Laughs

Overture Films
Charleston City Paper | November 4, 2009
Grant Heslov's film is so intent on being funny and ironic that it erodes any audience investment in the characters and their plights. We spend so much time laughing at their travails that when it's time to root for their victory, it's just too damn late.

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