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In The Valley Of Elah
A police detective helps a retired Army sergeant search for his son, a soldier who went missing soon after returning from Iraq. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him?
18 January 1975, Greenwood, Mississippi, USA
11 October 1978, Georgia, USA
15 December 1958, Detroit, Michigan, USA
7 August 1975, Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
1975
20 May 1969, Brooklyn, New York, USA
16 October 1940, Lamesa, Texas, USA
7 August 1972, Brooklyn, New York, USA
7 October 1982, Paradise, California, USA
19 July 1977, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
12 August 1967, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
23 June 1970, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
9 September 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
15 January 1985, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
12 February 1968, Santa Monica, California, USA
25 April 1979, Overland Park, Kansas, USA
27 January 1959, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
1 September 1959
February 02, 2009
In the Valley of Elah is a powerful, emotional indictment of what contemporary war can do to young men. It is a potent moral tale. This is not your father's war.
September 22, 2007
The movie isn't nearly as obvious or redundant as writer-director Paul Haggis's previous film, the Oscar-winning Crash, but it still feels like the work of someone trying too hard to enlighten you.
September 21, 2007
There should be enough gut-troubling truth to In the Valley of Elah to make it transcend political squabbling.
August 25, 2008
Jones's performance is quiet, intense, and stunning.
September 24, 2010
It's a testament to "Elah's" stoicism that the heartbreak at how dishonesty undoes decades of dignity pierces without ever patronizing. It's an unforgettable, angry film that understands several simple thank-yous can trump eruptive, emotive speeches.
September 26, 2007
This is Jones' show and he makes you feel a father's fear and loss in ways that are subtly heartbreaking, never melodramatic.
September 21, 2007
The failure to avoid pat answers and cheap grandstanding dogs Haggis here as surely as it did in the overrated Crash, and robs In the Valley of Elah of much of its power.
August 27, 2009
Condescending liberal dreck like In the Valley of Elah is just as awful as a thousand Fox-News commentators
March 03, 2008
Regardless of which side of the political fence one sits on, 'In the Valley of Elah''s power can't be denied and the strong acting must be appreciated.
September 21, 2007
[Haggis'] self-serious tone becomes wearisome, and he fails to explore how the military failed its men while clumsily laying a guilt trip at its feet.
June 26, 2008
Un drama detectivesco conmovedor que termina siendo un alegato contra la guerra más contundente que cualquier discurso pacifista.
September 21, 2007
In the Valley of Elah is another in a long line of great Tommy Lee Jones performances.
