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In the Valley of Elah

Sometimes finding the truth is easier than facing it.

Paul Haggis is back with a look at war. Our hero is a Vietnam vet, whose son has just returned from a tour of duty in Iraq. Son goes missing from his base, and dad decides to mosy down and find out why. When the son turns up dead, and the military police are slow to investigate, he takes over, at times competing with and at times helping and being helped by a pretty female cop. The truth about what happened, however, is not pleasant. Haggis examines several issues around war, racism, male bonding, and sexism.

119 minutes, No persons under 13 (Language, Nudity, Violence)
Detective/Mystery, Drama.

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Credits
Cast	Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon, James Franco, Barry Corbin, Josh Brolin
Director	Paul Haggis
Screenplay	Paul Haggis, from a story by Mark Boal
Music	Mark Isham
Cinematography	Roger Deakins
Editing	Jo Francis
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS, Dolby SR
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2007
Produced by	Blackfriars Bridge Films, NALA Films, Samuels Media, Summit Entertainment
SA Distributor	Nu Metro

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama, mystery
Language	Strong and frequent
Nudity	Fairly frequent, nude breasts
Sex	Infrequent sexual references
Violence	Fairly strong, some bloodiness, frequent references
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy
Drug abuse
Comments	Menacing and threatening, this investigation into the murder of a soldier makes a strong anti-war statement.
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ScreenIt Report (USA)
Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross	Guns / Weapons	Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs	Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour	Frightening / Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes	Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
South African Media
Cape Argus/The StarMichael Rechtshaffen	10
Die BurgerJacques Liebenberg	15
Cape TimesKenneth Turan	10
The CitizenBruce Dennill	15
Sunday TimesBarry Ronge	15
International Media
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	20
ReelViews (USA)James Berardinelli	13
Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers	15
ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs	10
Metacritic.com36 critics	13
RottenTomatoes.com126 critics	14
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	14
Internet (IMDB)1334 Netizens	16

Average .. 69%	13

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