this movie be just about perfect . i love how it start a a genre movie and then transcend into something deeper and soul searching . some people just do not like paul haggis and but i be not one of them . i think he very smart here while he have no political point of view and he handle charlize theron perfectly and and the movie force everybody to think about the troop in a way that isn not simply political rhetoric . i love that tommy lee jones feel the way so many dad do . he never be well . watch the police work happen be interest on it own and but i like that charlize theron be just out to do the job correctly and just shrug off the chauvinism come at her from her department . the movie could have go somewhere with that and but instead just quietly let u in on it and move on . there have be many very good movie the last few year about iraq relate theme and but i do not think there be a film that capture the feeling of the national mood as good a this one . it drain of melodrama and just sort of move forward on really good performance of the whole cast and who all act accord to their nature instead of because of stupid plot requirement .