Lions for Lambs (2007)

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 10 4:58

"Nowhere else have I seen such lions led by such lambs." Lions for Lambs marks the first feature from the now Tom Cruise owned company of United Artists. Despite its poor box office profit and heavy pasting, I found the movie to actually be quite decent. The film is three different stories told in parts throughout the movie. The main story is concerned with action in Afghanistan by U.S. soldiers. Two soldiers end up wounded and vulnerable on the top of a snowy mountain. Low on ammo and low on energy, their superiors back at base do what they can to launch a rescue mission. The next story is about a journalist (Streep) who visits a congressman (Cruise) to interview him for a story. The final tale is about a young student (Garfield) who arrives one morning in the office of a universit...Read more

Rating : 6/10

Posted : 1 year, 6 months ago at May 2 17:12

While it certainly looked interesting, the story unfortunately uses a lot of words to say nothing new.

I'm voting 2/10 because of Redford's direction of Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise; I found their characters very believable and found the casting perfect. Cruise as the senator looks like a smart a$$ (pardon the expression) and Streep is perfect as the journalist.

And the final 2/10 is for Philippe Rousselot's cinematography work.

Not as interesting as it could be.
Watch only if you must.


Rating : 4/10