100 San Francisco Chronicle | For the most part it is an effective, disturbing and - a rarity for Haggis - subtle exploration of the stateside war story. Read full review
100 Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert Paul Haggis' In the Valley of Elah is built on Tommy Lee Jones' persona, and that is why it works so well. The same material could have been banal or routine with an actor trying to be "earnest" and "sincere." Read full review
100 Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman 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. Read full review
90 The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen A deeply reflective, quietly powerful work that is as timely as it is moving. Read full review