# Lions For Lambs: Redford, Streep, Cruise Film

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**Created:** [November 10, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-for-lambs-redford-streep-cruise-film/425942 "2007-11-10T18:22:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lions-for-lambs-redford-streep-cruise-film/425942/1 "2007-11-10T18:22:43Z")

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This film has more dialog that any film you will probably see this year - they talk, and talk and talk.  
While the point of the film is well-meaning, “Get off your collective asses and get involved!”, the target college-age audience will never shell out the bucks to go see the film.  
It is a shame, as they might actually learn something.

While the film is interesting and makes all the right points, it does tend to be a bit like a classroom lecture - albeit with a nice cast of lecturers. As a teacher, this is a film I would like to show my students when it comes out on DVD - but I might have to lock the classroom door to make sure they don’t try to sneak out half way through the film.