- Release date: 2008
- Runtime: 112 min
- Genre: Drama, War
- Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rob Brown, Channing Tatum ... See all
- Director: Kimberly Peirce
- Plot: A veteran soldier returns from his completed tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return to field duty... Read more
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| Mar 25, 2008Village Voice
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.
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| Mar 28, 2008Toronto Star
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).
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| Mar 28, 2008Newsday
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.
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| Mar 28, 2008The Miami Herald
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.
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Ain't It Cool Movie Reviews
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.
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News
This Week at the Movies: Stop-Loss
news.com.au –
2008-08-07
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
Stop-Loss
variety.com –
2008-07-08
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
New On DVD: July 8th, 2008
boxoffice.com –
2008-07-08
Absurdistan: The New Iraq War Cinema
villagevoice.com –
2008-04-15
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

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