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61 out of 100

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6.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 47 Ratings

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  • 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)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 35
  3. Negative: 2 out of 35
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    91
    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.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: John DeFore
    60
    A young cast and hotheaded melodramatic streak make it broadly accessible, perhaps enough so to help the film scrape past boxoffice challenges faced by other Iraq-centered features.
  3. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    38
    What little anti-war critique Peirce presents -- and she has it in her, which makes it all the more dubious -- gets trampled over by jingoistic Rambo porn.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 8 out of 25
  1. TylerS.
    9
    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!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JesterM.
    5
    Would someone please try to stop the loss of sense of giving a hoot! Not that the movie wasn't well acted, written, directed, and politically correct enough to make its way onto the order counter at Starbucks. But any points the movie may have earned have been overwhelmed by my complete and total ambivalence to the subject matter. I am the apathetic American audience member... and I actually agree with the political sentient expressed here. In fact, it's only when I read the goading reviews of my right wing friends here on this site, do I actually wish this movie had made a bigger impact.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. ChrisW.
    3
    Stop Loss is a mess of a human drama, devoid of any sembelance of realistic interaction. The basic premise is good. Unfortunately Stop Loss needs more than just a bit of tweaking to pass for anything close to good. It needs to re-think itself entirely. The main problem that I found with the movie was that it seemed more concerned with informing the public about stop loss than telling a story. Much, if not most of the script was unbelievable, and the execution worse. Furthermore the conclusion was... well nonexistant really, leaving the audience unsettled, though not in the way the director undoubtedly intended. The three points I gave were simply for the attempt at a movie on so relevant a topic.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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