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Lions for Lambs

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Inspired by their idealistic professor, Dr. Mallery (Robert Redford), to do something meaningful with their lives, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Peña) join the military and ship out to Afghanistan. Their experiences tie together two separate but related stories. In California, Mallery tries to break through to a disaffected student, while in Washington, D.C., a presidential hopeful (Tom Cruise) prepares to give a journalist (Meryl Streep) the scoop of a lifetime.
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Despite its powerhouse cast, Lions for Lambs feels like a disjointed series of lectures, rather than a sharp narrative, and ends up falling flat.

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Deborah Ross The Spectator A film about engagement that fails utterly to engage? This may, in itself, be some kind of achievement, but who gives a stuff. I may now be even less engaged than I've ever been. Aug 23, 2018 Full Review Nell Minow Movie Mom Rated: C Feb 18, 2012 Full Review Ben Kenigsberg Time Out Rated: 2/5 Nov 18, 2011 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins Strong acting and sharply scripted characters are unable to disguise Redford's opinionated brand of current events, which often teeters dangerously close to Army recruitment. Rated: 5/10 Nov 26, 2020 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Easily one of Oscar season's more disappointing entries. Rated: 2.0/4.0 Sep 14, 2020 Full Review Debbie Lynn Elias Behind The Lens Lions for Lambs, hits hard, hits home but doesn't quite hit it out of the park. Nov 14, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Diane H This movie was probably made ahead of its time. The dialogue is relevant to today just as much as to when it was made. University student played by Andrew Garfield speaks about his right to just sit back and put in little effort to reach his full potential just enjoy the life his parents gave him based on them giving him a better life than they had. The two students who become soldiers hold an idealistic view of the contribution they can make to society. The politician boasts about the new plan to win the war on behalf of another country. All add up to the tragedy of the plot. We can reflect how this has led to the attitude of today where business men run a country rather than the politicians, but the business men care less about the people than they do about the money. I liked this film very much. I had to listen hard to follow what was going on, but I understood the meaning behind it. It left some open questions at the end . Where did the student go from here? Did the journalist stick to her beliefs or was she hammered into the shape the newspaper business now prefer. Clicks not truth.... ? Did the politician aim for the Whitehouse despite his predicted protests of humility? How did the professor continue when the story of the outcome of his soldier students broke? A sad story. Thought provoking, and worth a watch all these years later. 2007 to 2025? What's changed? Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/25 Full Review Brian M It's just appeared on Prime over here and looking at the excellent cast we expected something good. But , frankly, it's very boring, disjointed and has a very simplistic political viewpoint. I don't recommend it. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/07/25 Full Review theis j Worst movie. Was bored out of my mind. Bad acting and plot.ø even thou major actors in the line up What a waste of time Rated 1 out of 5 stars 06/28/24 Full Review Christian K Incredibly stale and overperformed, the college class scene was a perfect case of nobody in real life has ever spoken this way before. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/14/24 Full Review Alexandra H This is a very engaging movie. It has an interesting plot-structure. It switches back and forth between an episode of Americans fighting in Afghanistan and a Senator selling our Afghan strategy to a journalist (Meryl Streep). Engaging movie with actors who are fun to watch (Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, and Streep), and a lot to say. I highly recommend it. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/17/24 Full Review Adrian B A very strong cast gives some sense to the film. A lot of loose ends, questions in the air. Still, it was worth watching. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 10/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Inspired by their idealistic professor, Dr. Mallery (Robert Redford), to do something meaningful with their lives, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Peña) join the military and ship out to Afghanistan. Their experiences tie together two separate but related stories. In California, Mallery tries to break through to a disaffected student, while in Washington, D.C., a presidential hopeful (Tom Cruise) prepares to give a journalist (Meryl Streep) the scoop of a lifetime.
Director
Robert Redford
Producer
Robert Redford, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Andrew Hauptman, Tracy Falco
Screenwriter
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Distributor
United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Wildwood, United Artists
Rating
R (Some War Violence|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 9, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 17, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$15.0M
Runtime
1h 32m
Sound Mix
Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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