Dave Calhoun from Time Out London on the odious "Lions For Lambs," which I saw tonight:
"Lions for Lambs’ – or, more accurately, ‘Politics for Dummies’ – is directed by Robert Redford and stars Redford as a corduroy-clad, idealistic university tutor in California who spends most of this self-important and empty film – that’s at least six years too late to have any real relevance beyond the box-office – in conversation with a promising but lazy student... The politics of this film are basic beyond belief, which would be acceptable is they weren’t also so muddled and unconvincingly expressed. Apathy is a theme: the promising student is obviously a symbol of latent intelligence which, if roused, might make for a more varied and powerful political debate among the American people. Yet this tack is heavily compromised by the casting of the director in the role of the selfless humanitarian with a message."Oh, it's so bad. It's a movie with not a single original idea in its head, that spends its entire running time recycling dialogue that may or may not be lifted from "Crossfire" transcripts from 2003. All while making statements about war, journalism, politics, and education, and knowing little to nothing about any of the four. Don't see this movie. Please, I beg you. Posted by Stephen Silver at October 25, 2007 11:00 PM
Instead, go see P2 that weekend. :)
Posted by: A at October 26, 2007 08:53 PM