The Ensemble: George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges I think that everybody who saw the trailer for The Men Who Stare At Goats thought it had the potential to be kind of hilarious, given that it teamed George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges, actors who seem perfect for one another in that ensemble movie sense. And yet Goats only seemed to exist as a opportunity for these actors to hang out with one another - it failed to engage us on either comedic or satiric levels, thanks to its one-joke premise and thin narrative. The whole movie feels like the sum of coasting. Which is a shame, given that this might have been the only opportunity for these huge talents to have come together. The Men Who Stare At Goats probably sounded hilarious when Clooney pitched it to his friends and they all had a good laugh thinking up how it might turn out on the big screen, but there's not enough here to sustain a movie - something I'm sure they all realised whilst making it, because I'm not convinced that anybody (maybe McGregor) seems genuinely interested in it: Goats is as bizarrely muddled as its director's career.