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Lions For Lambs (15)

Apr 19 2008

TOM Cruise, Meryl Street and Robert Redford... you'd think you couldn't go wrong with this thriller.

But the film's three-set structure is appalling.

Street is also remarkably unconvincing as a journalist quizzing a presidential hopeful (Cruise), while Redford bores for North America as a political science professor trying to inspire a student.

With two former students reminding us of the real price of war after falling out of a helicopter, Lions for Lambs is a dog's dinner.

Also available to buy DVD £19.99 - but will anyone want to?

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