In the Valley of Elah

Directed by Paul Haggis (the man behind Crash, of course), starring Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon.

Hank Deerfield went looking for his son who, along with his friends of the same troop, just came back from Iraq. In the search of truth, an unexpected police detective joined and helped.

So underrated. The film was kinda unheard of but it was actually really good! I blame it on the poster. The poster did nothing for the film. The worst poster ever. The performances were wonderful (well, the main cast) and I really really liked Tommy Lee Jones' performance. The thing is I thought he had played similar roles for the last three films of him that I saw: The Tree Burials of Melquiades Estrada, No Country for Old Men and this film. Always played the all-American guy.. quiet.. sheriff.. similar stuff. But to my surprise, I really enjoyed this one and was so thrilled when he got nominated for an Oscar (even though it is the most annoying Oscars ever. No noms for Eddie Vedder and no Brad Renfro on the "In Memoriam" montage?! WTF?!) Okay, ahem, so yeah the film was really good, political and humane at the same time.. it was touching. Really enjoyed it. However, totally hated the fact that James Franco only got a stupid cameo. For fuckssakes James, get to work. Stop working on crappy movies.

8.5 / 10.