In the Valley of Elah is so obviously plotted it could have been scripted by the inflatable autopilot from Airplane!
Nowhere near Robert Altman’s best, but we’re still lucky to have it.
The film's color wheel is a little oversaturated, thus negating the grit Tommy Lee Jones was surely after.
Throughout, the graceful camera, the movement of characters, and the overlapping voices collectively convey a genial sense of place.
Throughout, Tommy Lee Jones carries Pete’s weight of grief but without betraying the character’s emotional impenetrability or slack conscience.
Ron Howard’s The Missing announces its (corporate) intentions right from the start.
This competent but disposable action thriller should appeal most to Friedkin enthusiasts.
The film’s prevalent achievement is that it places Tommy Lee Jones in a familiar context but finds a different character for him to play.
Serious film-lovers may need to take a shower afterward but this meaty DVD edition of Men in Black II will keep fans happily occupied.
Now that ImClone has brought Martha Stewart back to planet Earth, her superhuman tricks don’t feel quite so superhuman anymore.