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By Cinemaphile (26) on 28 Jul 2016

Masterful use of the David/Goliath archetype to comment on post 9/11 asynchronous warfare. Laconic Tommy Lee at his best…

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By Martin K (278) on 10 Jul 2016

If the movie didn't portray EVERY cop (other than Theron) as the stereotypical overweight, mid-50s, donut eating, sexist, dumb-ass, and EVERY…

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By Rick Groen (1,350) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 07 Jul 2016

In the Valley of Elah dearly wants to be the Iraq war's counterpart to Coming Home, documenting the tragic domestic legacy of a misguided foreign…

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By Jamie I (192) on 26 Jun 2016

Elah follows Hank Deerfield (Tommy Lee Jones) in search of his son who has gone AWOL after returning from Iraq…

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By Andrey B (847) on 19 Jun 2016

Liked this movie pretty much foremost because of the authentic performances by Tommy Lee Jones as a grieving father and Charlize Theron as…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 10 Mar 2016

Great actors can do more than carry a movie on the strength of their performances: They can also elevate it to a height it does not necessarily…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Dec 2015

Searing drama that uses the police procedural to explore the moral and psychological devastation of the Iraq war for U.S…

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By Ryan A (1,011) on 23 Dec 2015

Army guy say: we did it for you! Yeah right, this line is comic relief. The army is forming psychopaths to become killing machines…

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By Facebook U (1,208) on 23 Dec 2015

Army guy say: we did it for you! Yeah right, this line is comic relief. The army is forming psychopaths to become killing machines…

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By Laura M (849) on 03 Dec 2015

This movie says more than Hurt Locker or Sniper. Anyone who questions what we are doing to our children in the military must see this sleeper…

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By Buggy B (332) on 17 Nov 2015

11/16/15 Captivating and emotional fact based drama a Vietnam war vet and career serviceman who goes on a quest to find his soldier son who…

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By Tony B (947) on 14 Nov 2015

Mixed feelings about this film but it has a strong cast, overall thought provoking story, but felt long and very unsatisfying in the end…

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By Eladio B (4) on 08 Oct 2015

An absolute moral and cinematic triumph. This is one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen…

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By Harry G (109) on 04 Sep 2015

A bit slow, rather ham-fisted, but at least honourable…

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By Robert Koehler (477) for Variety (12,700) on 13 Aug 2015

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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By Stephen S (1,614) on 05 May 2015

Jones and Theron adds character exploration to this interesting drama with a good story and stern direction…

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By Pim C (18) on 22 Mar 2015

Murder mystery about corruption of the souls of US soldiers occupying Iraq…

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By David Denby (676) for The New Yorker (1,837) on 05 Mar 2015

No one could mistake the movie for a documentary, but the picture has some of the rectitude of a good documentary--a tone of plainness without…

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By Gavin M (668) on 20 Dec 2014

Tommy Lee Jones gives the performance of his career…

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By Noname (709) on 20 Dec 2014

Tommy Lee Jones gives the performance of his career…

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