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Lions for Lambs (2007)

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User Rating: 6.2/10 (11,644 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Robert Redford
Writer (WGA):
Matthew Michael Carnahan (written by)
Release Date:
9 November 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller | War more
Tagline:
If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything more
Plot:
Injuries sustained by two Army ranger behind enemy lines in Afghanistan set off a sequence of events involving a congressman, a journalist and a professor. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
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Disappointing more

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MPAA:
Rated R for some war violence and language.
Runtime:
92 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Claremont, California, USA more
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Trivia:
The state flag in Irving's office is Illinois'. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Janine writes "Whatever it takes" in her notebook, when she is at the Senator's office, at a different point of the page (higher) than later shown, when she revises her writings. more
Quotes:
Senator Jasper Irving: What I can say is that this strategy has patience and determination at its core. It ensures that it puts our fighting men in spots where they can face, and fight, and kill the enemy, so that we can then go on about rebuilding that country. And if it takes ten years, that's how long we stay, we do whatever it takes.
Janine Roth: [quoting the Senator] Whatever it takes.
Senator Jasper Irving: Whatever it takes.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-11-10)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
Lean Wit It more

FAQ

What aspect of the plot is taken from a book about real life events in Afganistan, and what was the name of the book?
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Disappointing, 28 February 2008
Author: MichaelElliott1 from Louisville, KY

Lions for Lambs (2007)

** (out of 4)

Robert Redford directs this political thriller about the war in Iraq, which takes a look at the war through three different sets of eyes. Story one: A school teacher (Redford) tries to talk a talented student that he could do something special to change the future in our country. Story two: A hot-shot Senator (Tom Cruise) does an interview with a smart journalist (Meryl Streep) as he lays on her his new plan of attack in Afghanistan. Story three: Two of Redford's previous students (Michael Pena, Andrew Garfield) are now fighting in Afghanistan and are caught behind enemy lines. These three small stories make up the majority of dialogue, which is all political and all of which comes off rather boring and childish. There are some tough questions asked but for the most part the film doesn't offer anything we could see and hear on CNN, Fox or MSNBC. The film is incredibly disappointing since Redford's previous films were mostly great but I'm really not sure what happened here. The movie runs a short 88-minutes and stays to the point throughout but in the end there really wasn't any point at all. Nothing is said, done or learned at the end of the movie and I walked out wondering what the point of the movie was. For the most part Redford and the screenplay treat both sides fairly with both given good and bad points. Another shocking thing is that three great actors like Redford, Streep and Cruise don't really give that memorable of performances. Both Pena and Garfield as the soldiers steal the film and are in the best moment of the movie when they stand up in Redford's college class and talk about poor kids entering the war and why a draft is needed. Redford and Streep both get one scene where they shine but for the majority of the film they are on standard mode. Cruise is one of my favorite current actors but he's really out of place in his role and his scenes with Streep certainly drag the film down badly. The music score is one impressive thing but that's not enough to keep this movie going, although the ending is handled nicely by Redford.

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