Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, Robert Redford
Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman (Cruise), a journalist (Streep) and a professor (Redford).
DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008
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Flixster Reviews (10,127)
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March 27, 2009Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor
Lions for Lambs was released in a year full of Iraq or war-related films and isn't one of the best of that year. I ...( read more) -
July 16, 2008Lions for Lambs, as it's title suggests, is a provocative film based on the harsh reality of the Iraq War. The film follows three incredibly moving story lines. This movie aims to impress with its very sharp and witty dialogue. This is not a movie for teenagers or action junki...( read more)
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July 11, 2008Lions for Lambs is the latest in a series of films that have crashed and burned at the box office indicating American filmgoers' lack of appetite for movies dealing with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and while it is ultimately filled with words that don't speak as loudly as so...( read more)
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June 21, 2008This is not a film. It is a speech. Plain and simple it is endless talking about the war on terror. Some kind of a feeble plot has been inserted around the preaching (it isn't dialogue). The actors do great and they bloody want to having to take up every last second with their "a...( read more)
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November 11, 2009Condenar a uno para salvar a miles, el retrato de las acciones dudosas que el gobierno de los estados unidos hace bajo el agua. Bastante reveladora e impactante en cuanto al cinismo e ipocrecia que manejan ciertos personajes representantes del gobierno
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October 11, 2009Well, while I generally hold Redford in high regard, I don't think this was one of his more thoughtful efforts, and I'm a bit surprised to find Streep involved. Cruise's role was just out in left field; that's simply not the way it works so another surprise when it came through.
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October 4, 2009A really great film. This film should have done better at the box office. Also, it should have been nominated for Oscars. Robert Redford does a super job directing this film. I was surprised by the short running time of 1 hour and 30 minutes. I would have loved more, even 30 more...( read more)
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September 28, 2009Liked the conversation between the professor and student. I didn't hate this movie. Possible good one timer.
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September 16, 2009Dissapointed. It treats a good topic in a very simplistic and shallow way. Some of the performances are fine, but the pacing, the dialogue and the vission of the film didn't satisfy me.
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Critic Reviews
November 9, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
November 9, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Though these dialogues are worthy, the medium doesn't seem right for the message. full review
November 9, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
In the best directing of his auteur career, Redford turns Carnahan's original script into a modern-day version of what Sergei Eisenstein called 'Intellectual Montage.' full review
November 9, 2007
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Lions for Lambs marks Robert Redford's seventh film as director...and it's certainly not his best. But I'll say this for it: It's his bravest. full review
November 9, 2007
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
Lame exercise in proscenium dialectics. full review
November 9, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is a talkathon with a certain amount of military action. It could be presented about as well as a radio play. full review
November 9, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Lions for Lambs appears to have taken its inspiration from Al Gore's stolid An Inconvenient Truth, using the stage lecture and Power Point presentation in lieu of dramatic momentum. full review
November 8, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
The movie may use a lot of words, but it doesn't mince them, and its very directness is a relief. full review
November 5, 2007
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker
Redford is surely smart enough to realize, as the professor turns his ire on those who merely chatter while Rome burns, that his movie is itself no better, or more morally effective, than high-concept... full review
November 5, 2007
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The new antiwar pictures are all clunks and wind, but they're full of fervent acting and affectingly rough -- they lack the usual studio overpolish. Robert Redford's Lions for Lambs is the clunkiest, ... full review
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September 20, 2008Very good, a little short & missing some storyline, had the potential to be an excellent movie., worth watching though ;-) Enjoy.
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January 20, 2008the thought of this movie was "never ends until we win" thats it... never lose hope.. if they not happen now... continue to fight until u win.. losing is not the end of it but winning!
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November 20, 2007
An excellent parody of movies "Lions for Lambs" + "Blade" called :
'Lions for Lambs Vs Blade' :)
http://parodiesaffichesfilms.blogspot.com/2007/11/lions-for-lambs-vs-blade-trailer-parody.html
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November 14, 2007Ball shit film sound like going with the brain wash idea about USA ,i am from Iraq and we thanks USA for what they did for us and liberate us from Saddam the American people should be proud what they did!!!not stab the forces on he back !!!!!!!bad film
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