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In The Valley of Elah
2007
A career officer (Jones) and his wife (Sarandon) work with a police detective (Theron) to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq. Read more
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon |
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| Director | Paul Haggis |
| Genres | Drama |
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In The Valley of Elah
A career officer (Jones) and his wife (Sarandon) work with a police detective (Theron) to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
| Starring | Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Barry Corbin, Josh Brolin, Frances Fisher |
|---|---|
| Director | Paul Haggis |
| Studio | OPTIMUM RELEASING |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 1 min Blu-ray: 2 hrs 1 min |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | New releases |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 26 May 2008 Blu-ray: 26 May 2008 Production year: 2007 |
| Format | DVD |
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Loosely adopting the format of the investigative thriller, and inspired by the true story of Lanny Davis and his... read more on Time Out
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128 out of 142 people found this review helpful
UTTER TRIPE
Don't lose two hours watching this complete boring rubbish movie. Go out and wash you car as you will get more satisfaction.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Lacklustre! AVOID!
It's not often I get to say a film is hopeless, but this one fits the bill to the 't'! This is one of the most lacklustre (despite the talent) and most depressing film. I think the makers of the film were trying to imply the atrocities of the Iraq war on the American soldiers, but to me the film highlighted the futility of war and how it brings out a man's darkest side.I found the film a hope-less one because at the centre of the film we see how the two main characters seem to be incapable of helping those that are reaching out to them for help. Both of them seem intent on wanting to know what happened to the dead soldier yet, but I felt this was driven by both character's own ineptness. Most of all this is a film about a father's relationship with his son, and how the son felt he needed to be a soldier to be acknowledged and loved by his cold, unresponsive father. The extreme measures the son took to have his father's love, his 'dehumanisation' (e.g. he would poke his hand into a terrorist's wound and ask if it hurt and then do it again and again. This was found to be funny! More like inhumane and beastly), and then his cry for help, only to be ignored and the result was him losing his life, among his own kind. I think the film could have been shorter and perhaps it wouldn't have felt that it was moving along so slowly. Not the type of film I would recommend if you're feeling cheery, as the melancholy of the movie and subject matter will be hard to watch till the end.
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