November 07, 2007

Film Critic Quote of the Week

Sean Burns piles on "Lions For Lambs" in Philadelphia Weekly:

For something that fancies itself a call to action, it’s ironic that Matthew Michael Carnahan’s screenplay can’t even be bothered to dramatize anything. One of the least cinematic movies ever made, Lions for Lambs is simply a sloppily photographed recording of four underwritten characters sitting around reciting generic, dumbed-down talking points at one another inside drab offices... It’s the role of an artist to not just comment on current events, but also to shape that commentary into a dramatic form that’ll excite, move and inspire people. Lions for Lambs isn’t filmmaking; it’s list-making."

Posted by Stephen Silver at November 7, 2007 04:01 PM
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