SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

The acting in this movie is really good.

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

As the title, the pace of the movie gets us into it, and when the climax is going to be reached, nothing happens. I expected more about the character's destiny or some repercussions, but that's it. Great crescendo, with no finale.

Senator Jasper Irving (Tom Cruise) is an up and coming Republican Senator and he's giving an hour long interview to reporter Janine Roth (Meryl Streep). In Afghanistan, special forces Ernest Rodriguez (Michael Peña) and Arian Finch (Derek Luke) fell out of their helicopter after being attacked. Both stories are alluding to Iranian assistance to the Taliban. Also poli-sci Professor Stephen Malley (Robert Redford) is trying to get apathetic student Todd Hayes (Andrew Garfield) to try harder. He tells the story of Ernie and Ari.The three stories don't flow that well together. The only compelling story is to wonder what happened to Ernie and Ari. They are definitely trying to make a message movie. Two of the three stories are very static taking place in a room. The message is high minded and tiresome. The interview feels like a tired Sunday morning political discussion. The professor and student part feels a little more interesting. This whole exercise feels manufactured after watching a lot of cable news or maybe too many encounters with apathetic young people.

This is a great movie on so many fronts because it forces you to think - to actively participate, as opposed to just consume. I think the movie shines a spotlight on issues are very true and relevant - a general apathy to things that are anything but, the commodification of "news", etc. - and warrant intense debate / discussion at the highest levels. It's a shame this didn't get the attention it deserves. Kudos to the team for *not* taking the easy why out by taking an (explicit) stance on who or what is right or wrong - rather it leaves it up to the viewer to come to his/her own individual conclusions. Great movie - Redford at his finest.

Very few movies make your gray matter active and provoke a thought in your head, start the ball rolling, and this is one such movie. Lions for lambs is a movie surely worth your watch. The plot is flat, with things happening at different places within about same time period but it is infused with profound subtlety that provides the film with a rich texture, with the superb background score helping a lot. Meryl Strep is fabulous and so is every other actor in the film. Each role is justified with the right amount of screen time. This film is tough, of a sort that would have a different reaction if you are watching it in different situations and will also depend on how much you support the war in Afghanistan. This is not a popcorn movie, it is like a lecture by a wise a person from whom you can learn a lot, only if you want to. So watch it only if such things inspire and interest you, then you shall like it.