Too self-serious to work as a straight-ahead whodunit and too lacking in imagination to realize its art-film aspirations.
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This review of In the Valley of Elah (2007) was written by Robert Koehler and published by Variety on 13 Aug 2015.
In the Valley of Elah has generally received positive reviews.
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