Stop-Loss

Sincere without being especially memorable, Stop-Loss is undeniably some kind of achievement. Stop-Loss is on considerably shakier ground once the titleshorthand for a loophole in military contracts that allows soldiers to be redeployed in wartime even after fulfilling the terms of their servicecomes home to roost, and Peirce shifts her focus from the vicissitudes of small-town life to one man's fight against the military-industrial complex. ... Full Review

You will not beat your kids. Kimberly Peirce's film is at its best when she conveys this raw, acrid flavour of army life, particularly as it affects her hero, Sgt. Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe). ... Full Review

Stop-Loss," the turbulent new picture from "Boys Don't Cry" director Kimberly Peirce, dramatizes the impact of the Bush administration policy of sending soldiers back into the fray after they have fulfilled their military duty. Co-written by Mark Richard with his director, "Stop-Loss" tracks the fates of three veterans whose heroes' welcome upon returning to their Texas hometown from Iraq is pitiably short-lived. ... Full Review

The best moments in Stop-Loss are its opening -- a harrowing battle sequence in Iraq that illustrates this war's unique horrors and perils in heartbreaking detail -- and its understated ending. Those may be tragic and very real situations facing an increasing number of Iraq war veterans, but Stop-Loss lets them down by portraying them in a generic, MTV-slick manner that only makes you aware of how obviously the filmmakers are manipulating the audience. ... Full Review

Its a very good film. The story of STOP LOSS is a powerful modern military story. This film is realistic and the choices are actually fairly simple for a soldier in this situation. The performances and the direction are excellent. ... Full Review

Those who read the gossip pages know it as the fi lm on which Abbie Cornish and Ryan Phillippe met. Political commentators, on the other hand, identify it as a galvanising force in the fight against the US governments backdoor... ... Full Article

FILMMAKER Kimberly Peirce has made the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed 1999 debut, Boys Don't Cry . Stop-Loss is the story of an Iraq war veteran intent on returning to civilian life who is ordered back to fight under the ... Full Article

Ryan Phillippe, often stuck between man-child roles early in his career, took a big step up in his last three films -- "Flags of My Fathers," "Breach" and "Stop-Loss" -- and turned in some stellar work here, contemplating the extraordinary... ... Full Article

Stop-Loss marks director Kimberly Peirce's follow-up picture to the fairly acclaimed Boys Don't Cry and based on its mediocre $10.9 million domestic gross it can be added to the growing list of recent anti-war films that were box office duds. ... Full Article

Earnest, sad, and righteous, they are not.More inspired by M*A*S*H or Dr.Strangelove than The Deer Hunter or Coming Home , a new pack of political films that defy the clichés of the post-9/11 Iraq War cinema has arrived. ... Full Article