Lions for Lambs

Released in 2007, Lions for Lambs is an interesting time capsule with regards to the War on Terror at the six year point. While not the critical darling those involved probably had hoped it would be (the film currently holds a 6.2 /10 on IMDb), it does star a good cast who all give respectable performances. Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise and Andrew Garfield all make the film watchable and it is an interesting approach with Meryl Streep playing a liberal reporter, Tom Cruise playing a Republican senator, and Robert Redford playing a college professor that served in Vietnam. However, it just doesn't capitalize on it's own premise and the majority of movie consists mostly of people just sitting in offices talking about morality and philosophical view points regarding the war. If done just a little better it could've ben compelling but, as is, it ends up feeling like a series of lectures and it wears thin after about 45 mins with the movie never really going anywhere. 

I give this one a 2 out of 5