Stop-Loss
Metascore
61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 35 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 35
  3. Negative: 2 out of 35
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  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. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    88
    Even when the script slips into sentiment, Peirce sticks with her troubled, questing soldiers, and through this raw and riveting movie, they stick with us.
  3. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Carrie Rickey
    88
    Stop-Loss carries the emotional force and propulsive drama of the quintessential soldier's story.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    It's a richly textured, psychologically acute film that takes an unblinking look at the tattered life of the returning soldier, and it's boosted by two powerful performances from Phillippe and the increasingly impressive Tatum, a former underwear model who has somehow turned into a fine actor.
  5. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Chris Kaltenbach
    83
    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.

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User Score
6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 8 out of 25
  1. SteveF.
    6
    Not a bad watch. Good acting and direction. Well worth seeing once even if you are Canadian like I am.
  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.… Full Review »
  3. 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!
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