Lions for Lambs (2007)

Robert Redford's well-acted "Lions for Lambs" follows a liberal California professor (Redford), a Republican senator (Tom Cruise), and a journalist looking at the end of her career (Meryl Streep). The film goes against the Hollywood grain by showing every conceivable side to the debates on war, religion and Bush, but for the worse. Once the lines are drawn and the opinions given, this by the first half hour, the film doesn't have anywhere to go. Scenes involving two former students turned G.I. Joe don't really pay off as they obviously have been shot on a soundstage. Or badly CGI'd. Still, the best poke in the eye is how Redford demands us to give a damn, be it right or left or wrong. C+