In the Valley of Elah

Those who call In the Valley of Elah anti-Iraq war will not have been paying attention. It doesn't give a damn where the war is being fought.

Tense, powerful and considerably less crass than Crash...

...en ganske uperfekt film, som dog alligevel er værd at indløse billet til for sin følsomme fortælling om en mand og et land i knæ.

...an unsubtle yet compelling exploration of how an entire nation of Red Staters predisposed to trust their leaders unconditionally came to question the morality and necessity of the Iraq War.

First and foremost, it’s an old-fashioned police procedural, with all the requisite battles over jurisdiction (...) and investigative red herrings that make solving crimes in the movies such a kick.