Tom Cruise Movie:

		List Price: $34.98		Label: United Artists Salesrank: 75442 Released: May 19, 2009
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		MPAA Rating: R (Restricted) Media: Blu-ray

Editorial Review:
Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 05/19/2009 Rating: R

Lions for Lambs [Blu-ray] Reviews:
Redford's Weakest Directorial Effort
2009-09-29 - A little less conversation and more filmmaking would have helped this muddled attempt at socio-political discourse. Matthew Michael Carnahan's lecture-heavy script remains as flat as Robert Redford's stage-bound direction - an astonishing comedown from "A River Runs Through It" and "Quiz Show." The portrayals of Redford, Meryl Streep and Tom Cruise are straitjacketed by this visually static approach. "Lions for Lambs" offers a few good scenes between Redford's impassioned professor and Andrew Garfield's ambivalent student, but the overwhelming preachiness negates any dramatic momentum.

For those who dare to be challenged
2009-06-01 - It's unfortunate that many don't demand much of movie-making and even less of themselves. I for one demand a great deal from both.

This movie was complex in the sense that it didn't provide a neatly summarized and easily digestible answer to what is a very complicated question, mortality (i.e., how to get the best value out of ones life).

By interweaving the different plots it conveyed a contrast that couldn't have been accomplished otherwise.

But most importantly, this movie was about choices. Whether your a journalist who realizes you are doing a disservice to your profession by going along to get along, or whether your a student that finds comfort in being cynical as opposed to buckling down to change things for the better or perhaps if you choose to put your safety in harms way for the greater good, these are all choices that may not fit easily in one's comfort zone. Tough choices indeed, and as such should not be expected to be dealt with cavalierly.

This movie made its point abundantly clear. Which is to say, we all have a part to play in making the world a better place. We just need to determine which is the best way for us to do our respective part.



Terrible....
2009-05-21 - This movie is a total dog. There are three disjointed stories (one for each of the three leads) that bear almost no relationship to each other. At the end, you'll wonder "Where's the rest of the movie? Did I fall asleep someplace?"