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Source: guardian.co.uk Film

Nov 07, 2009

Summary

The Men Who Stare At Goats (12A)

(Grant Heslov, 2009, US) George Clooney, Ewan McGregor. 94 mins.

A fiction less strange than the truth, this takes the juicy bits from Jon Ronson's startling book on the outer limits of US military research but doesn't quite know what to do with them. The result is an uneven Iraq war escapade with journalist McGregor and unhinged undercover op Clooney, peppered with wacky flashbacks. With Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey on board as well, laughs are guaranteed, but any difficult truths about war are blithely glossed over in an effort to preserve the jaunty tone.

Jennifer's Body (15)

(Karyn Kusama, 2009, US) Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried. 102 mins

Writer Diablo Cody's follow-up to Juno won't impress horror fans at all, but admirers of her over-hip dialogue and general feel for modern teen life won't be disappointed, and Fox is surprisingly good as a hormonal high-school succubus on the rampage. It's silly but not dumb.

Bright Star (PG)

(Jane Campion, 2009, UK/Aus/Fra) Ben Whishaw, Abbie Cornish, Kerry Fox. 119 mins

A film about romantic poe

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