“In the Valley of Elah,” review by Maitland McDonagh

Paul Haggis’ mystery about a father investigating the death of his son, whose murder took place in the U.S. but had its roots in Iraq, burns with the same righteous fury as CRASH (2004). But it’s mediated by Tommy Lee Jones’ ferociously restrained performance as a grieving, socially and politically conservative man who stumbles across a military cover-up that shakes him to his core beliefs. Read more