Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
- police
- parent child relationship
- war crimes
- homicide
- detective
- patriotism
- investigation
- iraq
- military service
- cover-up
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Tommy Lee Jones
Hank Deerfield
Charlize Theron
Detective Emily Sanders
Susan Sarandon
Joan Deerfield
Frances Fisher
Evie
- James Franco — Sergeant Carnelli
- Jonathan Tucker — Mike Deerfield
- Jason Patric — Lieutenant Kirklander
- Josh Brolin — Chief Buchwald
- Wes Chatham — Corporal Penning
- Jake McLaughlin — Specialist Gordon Bonner
- Mehcad Brooks — Specialist Ennis Long
- Wayne Duvall — Detective Nugent
- Brent Briscoe — Detective Hodge
- Barry Corbin — Arnold Bickman
- Greg Serano — Detective Manny Nunez
- Directed
- Paul Haggis
- Written
- Paul Haggis, Mark Boal
Production
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 · 1,115 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Independent Pictures, NALA Films, Summit Entertainment, Samuels Media, Blackfriars Bridge Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
