In the Valley of Elah
2007. Written and directed by Paul Haggis. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, and Josh Brolin.
I have many movies to catch up on, so many these will not be very lengthy reviews. I just finished watching In the Valley of Elah a couple days ago. It was about what I expected in that it kept my attention and offered a very good performance by Tommy Lee Jones (though I think he was actually better in No Country for Old Men). It do much for me beyond that. It doesn't seem terribly original just a recycled mesh of ideas from other movies put into the context of a soldier returning home from Iraq. It is far from a bad movie and delivers enough to make it worthwhile if you had planned to see it anyway, but I wouldn't tell you to go out of your way for it. There are both better detective movies and better war movies waiting for you elsewhere.
My grade: B
I have many movies to catch up on, so many these will not be very lengthy reviews. I just finished watching In the Valley of Elah a couple days ago. It was about what I expected in that it kept my attention and offered a very good performance by Tommy Lee Jones (though I think he was actually better in No Country for Old Men). It do much for me beyond that. It doesn't seem terribly original just a recycled mesh of ideas from other movies put into the context of a soldier returning home from Iraq. It is far from a bad movie and delivers enough to make it worthwhile if you had planned to see it anyway, but I wouldn't tell you to go out of your way for it. There are both better detective movies and better war movies waiting for you elsewhere.
My grade: B
posted by Keith Allison at 10:18 PM
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