Storyline
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Directors
Cast
David Doty, James Franco, Brent Briscoe, Jonathan Tucker, Josh Brolin, Charlize Theron, Chris Browning, Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Glenn Taranto, Sean Huze, Wes Chatham, Frances Fisher, Jake McLaughlin, Mehcad Brooks, Wayne Duvall, Barry Corbin, Kathy Lamkin, Josh Meyer, Rick Gonzalez, Brent Sexton, Jason Patric, Zoe Kazan, Arron Shiver, James Blackburn, Pierre Barrera, Devin Brochu, David House, Greg Serano, Esodie Geiger, Matthew Page, Pab Schwendimann, Joseph Bertot, Jo Harvey Allen, Roman Arabia, Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Loren Haynes, Babak Tafti, Mike Hatfield, Arlin Alcala, Daniel Knight, Brandon Weaver
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Reviews
100
Entertainment Weekly
It's the first Hollywood Iraq movie to remind me of a Vietnam film like Coming Home, and it does more than disturb. It scalds, moves, and heals.
90
The Hollywood Reporter
A deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving.
88
Chicago Tribune
Tommy Lee Jones is marvelous in the film. He has one scene in particular, a simple two-person encounter, that's as good as it gets in the realm of American screen acting.
75
The A.V. Club
Where "Crash" relentlessly pushed every conflict to a fever pitch, Elah takes its cues from Tommy Lee Jones' low-simmering lead performance.
70
As a narrative, it’s clunky. As a whodunit, it’s third-rate. As the drama of a closed-off man’s awakening, it’s predictable. But Haggis has got hold of a fiercely urgent subject: the moral devastation of American soldiers serving in (and coming home from) Iraq. At its heart are deeper mysteries--and a tragedy that reaches far beyond anything onscreen.
