Producer-director Robert Redford (“Ordinary People” 1980) made a war movie that tells the story about the connection between a reporter, a college professor, a U. S. Senator, and an Army platoon in Afghanistan in “Lions for Lambs” This project by Redford and screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan is actually a not very subtle critique of President George W. Bush’s management of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The result is a film that comes across as preachy and lecturing. In a word, dullsville.
The cast seems to do well in the performance department, which includes big names like Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pena, Derek Luke, Peter Berg, Kevin Dunn, and Andrew Garfield in his major film debut.
“Lions for Lambs” is a mostly unwatchable motion picture from Wildwood Enterprises, United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Movie-going audiences apparently agreed, as the film barely broke even at the box office.
Lions for Lambs (2007)
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My Review
Producer-director Robert Redford (“Ordinary People” 1980) made a war movie that tells the story about the connection between a reporter, a college professor, a U. S. Senator, and an Army platoon in Afghanistan in “Lions for Lambs” This project by Redford and screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan is actually a not very subtle critique of President George W. Bush’s management of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The result is a film that comes across as preachy and lecturing. In a word, dullsville.
The cast seems to do well in the performance department, which includes big names like Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Michael Pena, Derek Luke, Peter Berg, Kevin Dunn, and Andrew Garfield in his major film debut.
“Lions for Lambs” is a mostly unwatchable motion picture from Wildwood Enterprises, United Artists, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Movie-going audiences apparently agreed, as the film barely broke even at the box office.