The title suggests exactly what it is, this is a film about men, who stare at goats. Grant Heslov's film is more than ample proof that life is truly stranger than fiction.
Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is a journalist quite happy with his lot in life. He doesn't report big stories in dangerous lands and doesn't foresee that happening for him, that is until he learns of his wife's affair. Then the decision to cover the frontlines of the Iraq War becomes a much more attractive option.
Once in Kuwait, Bob learns that this isn't like covering Vietnam. Things are pretty quiet around the camp. In search of a story Bob comes across Lyn Cassidy (George Clooney) a former special psych-ops solider in the New Earth Army. Bob offers to cover Lyn's story, but is cast off until Lyn decides that people need to know the story of the men who stare at goats.
Through flashbacks we are also presented the creation of the New Earth Army through the eyes of Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) a…
Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is a journalist quite happy with his lot in life. He doesn't report big stories in dangerous lands and doesn't foresee that happening for him, that is until he learns of his wife's affair. Then the decision to cover the frontlines of the Iraq War becomes a much more attractive option.
Once in Kuwait, Bob learns that this isn't like covering Vietnam. Things are pretty quiet around the camp. In search of a story Bob comes across Lyn Cassidy (George Clooney) a former special psych-ops solider in the New Earth Army. Bob offers to cover Lyn's story, but is cast off until Lyn decides that people need to know the story of the men who stare at goats.
Through flashbacks we are also presented the creation of the New Earth Army through the eyes of Bill Django (Jeff Bridges) a…