Rotten
Less a war drama than a set of dueling position papers.
Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly
Lions for Lambs
If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything.
2007 · 1h 32m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama, History
Directed by
Robert Redford
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Lions for Lambs
Overview
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
Director and cast
- Robert Redford Director
- Meryl Streep as Janine Roth
- Tom Cruise as Senator Jasper Irving
- Robert Redford as Dr. Stephen Malley
- Andrew Garfield as Todd Hayes
- Michael Peña as Ernest Rodriguez
- Derek Luke as Arian Finch
- Peter Berg as Wirey Pink
- Kevin Dunn as ANX Editor
- Christopher May as Soldier
- Larry Bates as Soldier
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
28%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It means to use the Cruise-Redford-Streep star power to get us talking about things we ought to be talking about.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Rotten
The film is built not upon characters and plot but upon ideas. That would be fine if the ideas were revolutionary or interesting, but they're fairly commonplace.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Fresh
It's definitely flawed but I am recommending it.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
There is much talk of paralysis in Robert Redford's what's-wrong-with-America movie Lions for Lambs, and there is a whole lot of the same in the movie itself.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
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