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'if there is a flaw with Goats it's that the movie tells the same joke too many times. By the end we are still laughing at crazy soldiers doing kooky things. But then again, when did 93 minutes of laughter become a problem?' |
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Empire - Damon Wise | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'George Clooney dazzles and Jeff Bridges shines in a scattershot but often hilarious military farce. ' |
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The Times - Wendy Ide | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'if the film loses focus a little in its final act, relying a little too heavily on one key joke, the engaging silliness and sweetness of nature make this the first truly feel-good war film in a long time.' |
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Premiere US - Mark Salisbury | Screenrush Barometer: |
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An often highly amusing comedy in the vein of Catch 22 and Dr Strangelove, this lively satire looks destined for future cult status. Great soundtrack, too. |
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Evening Standard - Derek Malcolm | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'While I'm sure that truth is indeed even stranger than this fiction, there is little here to drum that fact home with conviction. Dr Strangelove it is not, by a very long way.' |
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Little White Lies - Josh Winning | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Not quite as viciously funny as Burn After Reading, but a decent desert-set romp.' |
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The Sun - The Sneak | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'Despite a strong cast's admirable efforts, though, this ends up as a bit of an ill-defined muddle that should have focused more on fact than quirkiness.' |
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Time Out - Ben Walters | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'The result feels less like a transcendental breakthrough than a bit of conjuring misdirection. Fun trick, though.' |
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Total Film - Mark Salisbury | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'This Coens-lite comedy squeezes every last drop of craziness from its source but is undone by a thin third act. McGregor's a good straight man, but it's Clooney's show.' |
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New Yorker - Anthony Lane | Screenrush Barometer: |
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'It's also not fair that the movie lets him down. Clooney gives it everything, but what does he get in return? A void where the story is meant to be. For a while, everything ambles along like a mashup of "Three Kings," the 1999 Clooney film about the first Gulf War, and the Three Stooges, with Heslov dishing out roof tumbles, car smashes, and cheek slaps.' |
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