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Our verdict: Lions For Lambs.(Features)

Article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) Article date: November 9, 2007

SCREENWRITER Matthew Michael Carnahan, who also penned the thriller The Kingdom, trudges over familiar territory in this latest drama about the conflict in the Middle East and the responsibilities born by the men in suits on Capitol Hill.

He takes his own good time to bludgeon us with the underlying messages that war is bad, politicians lie, and ...

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