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By Pete Hammond (936) for Maxim (189) on 13 Sep 2007

A heartbreaking story that is told with honor and intelligence in a stirring film that will haunt you long after seeing it…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 13 Sep 2007

Red State, Blue State, All States, this movie offers food for thought no matter what your political persuasion…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 13 Sep 2007

Like Missing, a critique of U.S. government policy disguised as a mystery about a father searching for the truth about his son…

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By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 13 Sep 2007

In and of itself, the story offers rich dramatic material that Haggis exploits well, but the writer-director's unsubtle condescension to his…

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By Kyle Smith (1,916) for KyleSmithOnline.com (53) on 13 Sep 2007

Will forever be known as the upside-down American flag movie…

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By Andrew Wright (312) for The Stranger (Seattle, WA) (891) on 12 Sep 2007

[Jones] can't single-handedly save this frustrating film from its overly earnest impulses, but when he's onscreen, at least the hokum burns cleaner…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for UR Chicago Magazine (83) on 12 Sep 2007

Neither affecting nor cerebral; it's a case of going through the motions…

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By Jan Stuart (404) for Newsday (2,345) on 12 Sep 2007

In Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah, Jones' face is a poignantly detailed map of skepticism, simmering rage and, in the final count,…

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By Steve Rhodes (1,488) for Internet Reviews (1,487) on 11 Sep 2007

Jones is terrific, as is a barely recognizable Theron…

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By Joshua Tyler (625) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 09 Sep 2007

Haggis reduces America's problems to a series of slanders and then hangs a flag upside down just to bully home the point…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 09 Sep 2007

It is so patriotic as to be a radical example of dramaturgy. On top of that, it is executed to perfection…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Lessons of Darkness (465) on 08 Sep 2007

Tackles its Iraq War subject matter with such sledgehammer clumsiness that it risks giving viewers blunt head trauma…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for Long Island Press (211) on 08 Sep 2007

Grueling truths more intimated than spelled out, touching on the battle scars turning normal young men into unimaginable monsters…

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By Staci Layne Wilson (667) for Buzzine Magazine (42) on 08 Sep 2007

Intelligent, absorbing, and exceedingly well-acted…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 08 Sep 2007

Where Crash relentlessly pushed every conflict to a fever pitch, Elah takes its cues from Tommy Lee Jones' low-simmering lead performance…

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By Richard Corliss (1,032) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 05 Sep 2007

The combination of dedicated actors and a superior script helps make Elah a far more satisfying film than Crash…

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By James Rocchi (1,075) for Cinematical (752) on 04 Sep 2007

In the Valley of Elah doesn't actually say Bring the boys home; it mostly tells us how much Paul Haggis would like to take home another Oscar…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for european-films.net (103) on 01 Sep 2007

In the Valley of Elah David slew Goliath and Canadian director Paul Haggis tries to slay the US myth on the Good War in Iraq, though David…

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