Lions for Lambs

Lions for Lambs

If you don't STAND for something, you might FALL for anything.

Directed by Robert Redford

Produced by Wildwood Enterprises, Andell Entertainment

200792 min6.0 / 10

A politically engaged, real-time thriller that intercuts a senator's media manipulation with soldiers in mortal danger and a professor's moral reckoning, asking hard questions about complicity and responsibility in war.

Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.

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  • Is Lions for Lambs one of a kind? No. Less singular than 90% of films.

  • Does Lions for Lambs end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Lions for Lambs scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Lions for Lambs sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

  • Is Lions for Lambs easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Lions for Lambs violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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23/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity25

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise20

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love22

How much audiences actually like it

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