Lions For Lambs DVD Review

"Lions For Lambs" reviews

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Lions For Lambs

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anonymous

Date reviewed

2008-03-17 09:05:27

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DVD Review

Much was expected from Lion From Lambs. You had Robert Redford directing and starring, Tom Cruise attempting to out-thesp Meryl Streep, and the promise of an in-depth look at three separate stories focusing on the war in Iraq was a compelling one.

However, despite a few highly charged moments, it never quite reaches its promise. Apart from a few brief action scenes in the two-soldiers-stranded-in-the-middle-of-nowhere section of the story, the majority of the film takes place indoors, whether it's Robert Redford's college professor teaching a blasé and apathetic student or Tom Cruise's cocky Senator playing cat and mouse with Streep's seasoned journalist.

And what you get in these scenes is talking. A lot of it. Which doesn't have to be a bad thing as a lot of important points are raised - unfortunately, though, Redford struggles to add urgency and some visual zip to the stage-bound conversations.

Which only adds to the feeling that you are watching a very long play.