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(1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 40% Rotten Page   1   B "The resounding message of "drop what you're doing and get involved!" is hardly original, but there are certainly points to be taken from all fronts."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 2/5 "For all its studied sturm and drang, Lions for Lambs is superficial, piecemeal, and woefully unprepared to argue its points."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B+ "An exhilarating piece of direction that begs the question, Robert Redford? This is the same man who's been content making the cinematic equivalent of reading the L.L. Bean catalog for his entire career, and now he's ready for a bare-knuckle brawl?"   eFilmCritic.com   Brian Orndorf C "For a film attempting to grapple with the seething anger of an American populace left hung out to dry by the Bush administration, "Lions for Lambs" is far to muted and meek to achieve its perceived goals of inciting social activism."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "Arian and Ernie are the young men of color who are acting out the plot the white folks are talking about."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs 2/5 "With 'Lions for Lambs,' actor-producer-director Robert Redford wears his heart on his sleeve. If he had put his brain there as well, he might have made a real movie."   eFilmCritic.com   Dan Lybarger 2.5/4 "...occasionally as subtle as a filmed lecture..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair B- "Has worth because its subject matter has worth."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Lions for Lambs will not change anything. It probably won't even put a dent in the the U.S.'s consciousness. Regrettably, it's more of the same with only cursory signs of a soul."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 2/5 "Una película tan bienintencionada y oportuna como demagógica y sensiblera. Plantea un atendible debate de ideas, pero carece de personajes interesantes y, en definitiva, de fuerza dramática."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "For a film that's 95 percent talk, Lions for Lambs is admirably fast-paced, energized with something often missing in movies: ideas."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2.5/4 "Lions for Lambs poses a lot of questions, but you won't have to wait around until the end to find the answers, because you know right from the beginning exactly what you're getting."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "Jesus Christ, Redford, if you wanted to make a feature-length cinematic editorial, why didn't you just go balls-out and have done with it?"   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C- "A crushing bore, though a sincere one."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 1/5 "An uninvolving and depressing serving of talk about the inadequacy of politicians, the power of the media, senseless deaths overseas, and the apathy of youth."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2/4 "The film is built not upon characters and plot but upon ideas. That would be fine if the ideas were revolutionary or interesting, but they're fairly commonplace."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 2/5 "The interwoven narrative strategy that gradually reveals hidden connections is so old hat at this point that it feels more hackneyed than revelatory, even in such highly concentrated form."   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 5/10 "Only one step away from Redford turning towards the camera, pointing his finger, and asking, 'what will you do?'"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen "It means to use the Cruise-Redford-Streep star power to get us talking about things we ought to be talking about."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards 1/5 "a more appropriate title for Lions for Lambs could be Lamenting for Liberals."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr C+ "...its obvious, liberal message stamp[s] it little more than a Public Service Announcement. I'm Robert Redford and I approve this message."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/5 "An openly and specifically political, intelligent and refined call against apathy."   UR Chicago Magazine   Mark Dujsik C- "This well-meaning talkathon about the war on terror, contemporary politics, journalistic integrity, and civic engagement has enlightenment more than entertainment as its goal."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[T]he most frank discussion yet about the war and the state of this country I've seen at the movies, one that tries to capture the situation realistically and intelligently and without indulging in dogmatic ideology."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "This is an unapologetically liberal film. Does it preach to the choir? Absolutely. My own left-leaning views being what they are, I liked it on those terms, even as I acknowledge that some complexity would have been nice."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan C "It is more op-ed than movie."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 1.5/4 "Lions for Lambs is, to put it mildly, beyond stagey."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "Realmente é triste quando um filme com o qual concordamos ideologicamente se revela profundamente falho como narrativa cinematográfica."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 2.5/5 "Fortunately for [Redford], Lions for Lambs is a less ham-handed effort than Sayles' Silver City, but it's a near thing."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 "A film that is less a fully developed portrait of its subject than it is a rough snapshot that conveys the immediacy of the times in a more gripping manner than most of the current crop of fictional films on the subject."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 1.5/5 "The title misquotes the famous line 'lions led by donkeys', describing WWI British ground troops and their officers. And this is indicative of the entire film's refusal to engage with truth while pretending to be something profound."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 2/5 "Plays the same bloated Hollywood strings."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "Lions for Lambs reminds us of what Hollywood does best, when it wants to."   Projection Booth   Rob Humanick C+ "It doesn't take a genius to know who is going to be sacrificed in this weak morality tale."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 6/10 "One successful story out of three is not good enough as Redford steps up to the plate. Too little first rate photography and too much collegiate tedium."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 2/5 "An op-ed piece masquerading as a motion picture."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell "The movie may use a lot of words, but it doesn't mince them, and its very directness is a relief."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 10/10 "What distinguishes this from other recent war movies is that it's about far more than a tragic skirmish...it's provocative entertainment that makes you think."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 4/10 "It's a great muddle from the word go."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 0.5/4 "Robert Redford's smug, self-satisfied liberal weltschmerz anthem."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 41) of 41 OFCS Rating: 40% Rotten Page   1