The Last Star In Hollywood

The Last Star In Hollywood


29: Lions For Lambs

May 01, 2024

This week, let’s get angry – but not in the way the movie wants – with Robert Redford’s 2007 political drama Lions For Lambs! Does Redford have a directorial style? Is there depth and nuance to the arguments made in the film? Is Andrew Garfield cuter than Michael Peña?



Content warning: gun violence, military violence, death





Unanswered Questions:




  • Does the movie have anything to say about hypocrisy?

  • Should the structure of the movie be more emphatic, or less?

  • Is the film’s treatment of race conscious and satirical, or not?


Further reading:





Thanks for listening! For bonus shows, extra content and more, support The Last Star In Hollywood and the Next Word network by visiting Patreon.com/NextWord!



Join us next time as we cross every possible line in Les Grossman’s satirical action movie Tropic Thunder (2008)!



The Last Star In Hollywood is a Next Word production.

Copyright © 2024 The Last Star In Hollywood. All Rights Reserved.