Mixed feelings. The movie is well acted and well made. But although it becomes engaging in the second act, it feels long and sluggish throughout, and drabness and dourness prevails. Also, the awful, jingoistic ending sequence kinda poisons the well.
This review of In the Valley of Elah (2007) was written by Steve V on 14 Mar 2009.
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