Lions for Lambs (2007)

Directed by

Robert Redford

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 839 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film connects three parallel stories: a senator launches a new military strategy in Afghanistan and explains it to a journalist, two soldiers carry out that operation, and their college professor tries to re-engage a promising student by telling them about the soldiers. It examines the decisions and consequences behind the U.S. war in the Middle East.

conversationalthought-provokingseriousfocusedpoliticalurgentslow-paced

What happens

Lions for Lambs is a 2007 American war drama film directed by Robert Redford about the connection between a platoon of United States soldiers in Afghanistan, a U.S. senator, a reporter, and a Californian college professor. It stars Redford, Tom Cruise, Meryl Streep, and Andrew Garfield in his feature film debut. It was the first Cruise/Wagner Productions film since the company joined with United Artists subsequent to Cruise's falling out with Paramount Pictures in 2006. With a title that alludes to incompetent leaders sending brave soldiers into the slaughter of battle, the film takes aim at the U.S. government's prosecution of the wars in the Middle East, showing three parallel stories: a senator who launches a new military strategy and details it to a journalist, two soldiers involved in that operation, and their college professor trying to re-engage a promising student by telling him their story. The film was written by Matthew Michael Carnahan. It was released by MGM Distribution Co. in North America on November 9, 2007, with 20th Century Fox releasing in other territories, to mixed reviews and disappointing box office receipts. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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