JUNO, by Jason Reitman, USA 2007
Juno is a very intelligent, witty, sweet and endearing comedy, about the coming-of-age (a bit forced due to the unforeseen circumstances…) of a 16-year-old smart-ass girl. This is a real feel-good film and it is good to see such a film, after so much drama & tragedy… Thanks Jason Reitman (remember Thank you for smoking?) and the brilliant newcomer lead actress Ellen Page (supported by an excellent cast) and not forgetting screenwriter Diablo Cody. And it avoids well falling in clichés and Hollywood's easy-tear. Go see it! [4.5/5]
In the Valley of Elah, by Paul Haggis, USA 2007
The film rests in the great performance of Tommy Lee Jones who excels in his nuanced and adequate acting, not forgetting the other supporting actors, all providing an anti-hero charm to their characters. The film is quite good (better than Crash, Paul Haggis' previous) with a continually surprising plot, anti-cliché and where characters are neither Hollywood-heroes nor villains. It remains however a bit at the level of a political leaflet against the Iraq war, dismantling the vision of the war heroes from Iraq conveyed by some American media. It shows what the war in Iraq does to people, in a very disturbing way, pretending it is radically different to what happened in post-Vietnam with veterans (played by Tommy lee Jones) for who comradeship was a real value that nothing could break. But can any war be sane and leave anyone in complete sanity? All in all, a must! [4/5]
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