If whispered monologues were currency, Lioness would settle the national debt.

“The projector's on fire. Literally.”
Lioness
Masterfully crafted. Un-roastable.
An absolute cinematic disaster.
Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.
🚬 LIGHTING A CIGAR OFF THE SCREENPLAY…
Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.
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Lioness confuses "subtle" with "the cast forgot to act".
Lioness is a cinematic experience designed specifically for film students who want to feel superior at dinner parties.
Two solid hours of characters staring intensely out of rain-slicked windows. Brilliant work, Lioness.
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The cinematography in Lioness is doing all the heavy lifting and it shows
Honestly, Lioness would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.
Unpopular opinion: Lioness is the most overrated film of the decade
Everyone praising the Lioness performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.
Hot Take: Lioness's third act ruined what could have been a masterpiece
Look, I wanted to love Lioness. The trailer had me hyped. But sitting through the second hour felt like a homework assignment. The dialogue is exposition stacked on exposition and the score keeps telling me how to feel.
