Stop Loss Reviews

Stop Loss Reviews Overview

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Stop Loss Good Reviews

• Rolling Stone (3.5/4): Stop Loss Review
  • "Some have already accused Stop-Loss of glorifying desertion. Bull. The film is a powder keg with no agenda except the human one. "

• Los Angeles Times: Stop Loss Review
  • "...a wrenching story of men at arms who cannot find peace outside the military circle, who return to civilian life on the horrific edge of violence and despair."

• washingtonpost.com: Stop Loss Review  
  • "a remarkably entertaining movie, thanks in part to a first-rate cast and a director who knows you can't make a point without calling everyone to attention."

• TV Guide (3.5/4): Stop Loss Review
  • "...a richly textured, psychologically acute film that takes an unblinking look at the tattered life of the returning soldier..."

• The A.V. Club (A-): Stop Loss Review
  • "As in her superlative debut feature Boys Don't Cry, (Kimberly) Peirce explores politically incendiary subject matter with empathy, sensitivity, and a particularly sharp sense of place..."

Stop Loss Neutral Reviews

• Variety: Stop Loss Review
  • "(Kimberly Peirce) charts a bumpy road trip through familiar territory where vividly drawn characters rub shoulders with stock stereotypes, and persuasive verisimilitude is too often overshadowed by contrivance."

• The Hollywood Reporter: Stop Loss Review
  • ""Stop-Loss" has painted itself into a dramatic corner, which might be the most honest expression of the filmmaker's empathy for the men and women serving in Iraq."

• The New York Times: Stop Loss Review
  • "...(an) issue-driven narrative, but also a feverish entertainment, a passionate, at times overwrought melodrama gaudy with violent actions and emotions."

• EW.com (B-): Stop Loss Review  
  • "Stop-Loss holds so much of its rage in check — and keeps such a nervous eye on the attention span of its audience — that it ultimately strangles itself."

• USA Today (2.5/4): War vs. Drama: Stop-Loss Loses Focus  
• "It's an uneven experience, with some evocative moments and others that don't resonate as much as they should."

Stop Loss Bad Reviews

• Salon.com: Stop Loss Review
  • "Scene by scene, "Stop-Loss" is a study in missed opportunities."

• The Wall Street Journal: Stop-Loss Lets Clichés Swamp Iraq War Story
  • "...swamped by clichés, continuity problems, stock characters and very good intentions."

• Premiere (1.5/4): Stop Loss Review
  • "mismatched war-flick clichés unfurl at an alarming rate, pulling the film in directions as unfocused, frustrating and meaningless as the war itself."