Review of Lions for Lambs (2007) by Peter R — 08 Oct 2008

I didn't find this as bad as it was cracked up to be (it's just not gonna be horrible when you have that talented of a leading and supporting cast). Cruise was great, as was Redford, but Streep seemed off the wall; I couldn't tell whether she was supposed to mock the liberal journalist type (the pad of nothing except for "Whatever it takes"), or play it as for real (the rant in her editor's office which was way over the top). While I think there were some good ideas, the screenplay was just never meant to hold three story lines in only 90 minutes, and thus seemed to confused as to how to hold itself.

The best aspect of the film was Redford's conversation with his student. The war elements were by far the worst part, as they looked completely fake.