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In the Valley of Elah (2007) Movie Reviews
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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
In the Valley of Elah, the first film Paul Haggis has written and directed since Crash, is exactly the sort of movie America needs right now — a lacerating, bone-deep inquiry into the war in Iraq, one that struggles to find meaning in the very chaos of...read the complete In the Valley of Elah (2007) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
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The Denver Post
"For me, the role comes alive when I'm on the set. Looking into Susan Sarandon's face is research. The deepest resource I have is looking into her eyes during some very hard scenes where we try to make some sense out of losing two sons to...read the complete In the Valley of Elah (2007) review at The Denver Post
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PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Wearing its holier than thou attitude on its blood-soaked sleeves, In the Valley of Elah is the most underhanded, backdoor anti-war film ever attempted....read the complete In the Valley of Elah (2007) review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
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Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
after reaching rock bottom with Crash, the only way left for Paul Haggis to go was up, and yet In the Valley of Elah feels like an act of slumming for a man who won two Oscars for putting on a histrionic impersonation of Robert Altman's laidback humanist...read the complete In the Valley of Elah (2007) review at Slant Magazine (Ed Gonzalez)
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