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In the Valley of Elah
MEANRANK
69/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2410
- IMDb #1996
- Rotten Tomatoes #2049
- Metacritic #1675
- Letterboxd #2341
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2532
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- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1961
- Metacritic Critics #1929
- Metacritic Audience #1257
- Criticker #1394
- AlloCiné #1834
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 53, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 77.
See the most agreed on films →A retired military policeman investigates the disappearance of his son, a soldier who recently returned from a tour in Iraq but has gone missing from his base. Working with a detective, he pieces together his son's final days through the damaged video files on his cell phone, uncovering a disturbing truth about the psychological effects of war on the soldiers who fight it.
Details
- Director
- Paul Haggis
- Writers
- Mark Boal, Paul Haggis
- Released
- 14 September 2007
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $23.0M
- Box office
- $29.5M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 1 nomination
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| 80th Academy Awards 2008 | Best Actor | Tommy Lee Jones | Nominee |
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