Lions for Lambs

Name: Lions for Lambs
Genre: Drama, War
Released: November 9, 2007
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 47
Cast: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise

2007

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LIONS FOR LAMBS

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: November 9, 2007

Starring: Meryl Streep, Robert Redford, Tom Cruise

Summary: The story begins after Arian and Ernest, two determined students at a West Coast university, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor Dr. Malley and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian andThe story begins after Arian and Ernest, two determined students at a West Coast university, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor Dr. Malley and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan, Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field, they become the string that binds together two disparate stories on opposite sides of America. In California, an anguished Dr. Malley attempts to reach a privileged but disaffected student who is the very opposite of Arian and Ernest. Meanwhile, in Washington DC, charismatic presidential hopeful Senator Jasper Irving is about to give a bombshell story to a probing TV journalist that may affect Arian and Ernest's fates. As arguments, memories, and bullets fly, the three stories are woven even more tightly together, revealing how each of these Americans has a profound impact on one another and the world. (United Artists)… Expand

Director: Robert Redford

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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Empire - Helen O'Hara

A smart, accessible, surprisingly balanced look at our dysfunctional world. Compelling stuff. Read full review

Salon - Stephanie Zacharek

This is a weird movie hybrid, both a tasteful picture and an angry one. Read full review

Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert

There is a long stretch toward the beginning of the film when we're interested, under the delusion that it's going somewhere. When we begin to suspect it's going in circles, our interest flags, and at the end, while rousing music plays, I would have preferred the Peggy Lee version of "Is That All There Is?" Read full review

Baltimore Sun - Michael Sragow

The problem with Lions for Lambs isn't its political engagement but its cinematic disengagement. Robert Redford directs and stars in this ambitious talkathon, which would have been more effective as a radio play. Read full review

Chicago Reader - J.R. Jones

The movie is compelling now but unlikely to survive its moment. Read full review

Portland Oregonian - Marc Mohan

Talky, didactic and essentially free of any real narrative, it views Iraq through the lens of Vietnam, which is fair enough, but ends up making the whole polemic seem like a condescending effort from aging baby boomers to get the younger generation to step up to the plate. Read full review

Wall Street Journal - Joe Morgenstern

You could make a case for this as a feature-film version of the FCC's fairness doctrine, but it feels more like a blandness doctrine, a pulling and hauling of the tone-deaf script, which is credited to Matthew Michael Carnahan, to the point of perfect vacuousness. Read full review

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Paul

Jun 11, 2009

A truly intelligent film, will have you thinking long after the film has finished.

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DennisHolloway

Nov 14, 2007

Redford gives us a film that shows what has gone wrong with this Nation. He is one of our bravest film makers. The film may have flaws, but it is a new genre of films which deserves to be seen.