in the valley of elah you feel the anguish and the anger and the pain of what this dreadful war in iraq have do to american family and our soldier . elah be a powerful film from the brilliant director paul haggis that drive home on the screen in a magnificent performance from tommy lee jones the fear a father may have in the loss of his son and how this war be be play out in the small town of america where a family wonder if a man and or woman and might return home safe and or in a body bag . charlize theron and susan sarandon with a solid cast bring home the horror of iraq in a film that be today war in the middle east . i can only hope that at kudo time this well direct and write film will find itself on the list of nominated film . bravo paul haggis for give u another film to root for a we do with crash .