Quickie: In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah (2007)–**
Quickie Review
The father of a murdered Iraq War veteran, himself once an Army man, helps a female police detective solve his son’s case, but the truth behind the crime is hard to comprehend. Writer/director Paul Haggis’s anti-war film proves once again that he should focus more on the writing and less on the directing. Most of the film’s drama comes from the audience’s knowledge of the current geopolitical climate and not from within the frame, while the actors are given the extreme task of contending with the world at large. This is a film that weighs on your shoulders, but rarely forces you to feel it makes one damn bit of difference. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon and Charlize Theron.
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