Stop-Loss

Name: Stop-Loss
Genre: Drama, War
Released: March 28, 2008
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Phillippe

2008

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: March 28, 2008 | R

Starring: Abbie Cornish, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Phillippe

Summary: Sgt. Brandon King fought for America. He fought for freedom. He fought for his family. He gave everything, and then he came home to begin his life anew. But now his superiors want more: They want him back. (Paramount Pictures)

Director: Kimberly Peirce

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: R

Runtime: 112 min

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Nathan Rabin

Stop-Loss is a human story first and foremost, and Peirce and her stellar young cast ensure that the message never gets in the way of the storytelling. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

There's little time for nuance in Stop-Loss, and it doesn't deny any of the film's power to wish Peirce would occasionally slow things down enough to let her audience ponder what they're seeing. Read full review

David Edelstein

It’s ironic that Stop-Loss loses its momentum when the characters go on the road. Yet Rasuk--the star of "Raising Victor Vargas"--gives a stunning performance. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

Someone watching Stop-Loss with younger eyes might feel the heat of the main soldier's dilemma more than I did, but I couldn't help thinking director Kimberly Peirce was presenting us with abstract ideas in the forms of half-realized characters. Read full review

Scott Foundas

In the end, Stop-Loss's evening-news topicality proves both an asset and a liability--an irresolvable structural conundrum. Simply put, the film so effectively reconstitutes those Vietnam-homecoming touchstones that we can anticipate its every move well before it makes them. Read full review

Joe Leydon

A wildly uneven drama, by turns sincere and synthetic. Read full review

Kyle Smith

As phony as a re-enactment with finger pup pets. Read full review

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TylerS.

Jul 23, 2008

I thought this movie was truly moving and it kept drawing me in as a viewer, i would highly recommend this movie to any and all!

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May 5, 2008

Good and important movie. Little bit of a disappointing ending though, I believe if you are going to make a statement you should go all the way, and maybe the film makers thought they were doing that but it was ineffective and just showed that America won't back down from the mess they Good and important movie. Little bit of a disappointing ending though, I believe if you are going to make a statement you should go all the way, and maybe the film makers thought they were doing that but it was ineffective and just showed that America won't back down from the mess they have gotten themselves into.… Expand

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dylieboi69

Jan 21, 2021

Stop-Loss feels very mature and human for an MTV drama. Although some of the acting isn't the greatest, especially from Channing Tatum, considering this was early in his career, but the story is compelling and the film has some great emotional weight.

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JayH.

Jul 1, 2008

Well constructed film, but I did find it a little hard to get involved in. Fine performances all around, a very good score, well edited and photographed. Believably told, goo character development, but it just lacks something.

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mailinh

Jan 7, 2014

War films are the speciality of Kathryn Bigelow which should stay so. It was a nice try of Kimberly Peirce, but nevertheless she should leave it to Bigelow and focus on movies like her best one "Boys Don't Cry".

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Jack

Mar 24, 2008

A simple minded embarrassment. I appreciate the notion of the film but the screenplay is just terrible - just a check list of war movie cliches. Very disappointing.

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JasonS.

Mar 28, 2008

Insulting to the military and military families.

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