SummarySgt. 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)
Directed By:Kimberly Peirce
Written By:Mark Richard, Kimberly Peirce
Stop-Loss
Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
61
57% Positive
20 Reviews
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37% Mixed
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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.
70
A relentlessly grim film.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.9
78% Positive
14 Ratings
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Jan 21, 2021
8
Stop-Loss feels very mature and human for an MTV drama. Although some of the acting isn't the greatest, especially from Channing Tatum, considering this was early in his career, but the story is compelling and the film has some great emotional weight.
Oct 18, 2015
8
Vivid and sad account of how war affects the minds and lives of young men! I thought the main three characters Ryan Phillipe, Channing Tatum, and Joseph Gordon Levitt put in stellar performances. This movie sometimes tough to watch their struggles, brought me to think of my own loved ones and what they have endured during their service to our country! If you have friends or family that served, I would highly recommend you watch this movie as it may bring to light the price they paid.
67
What we're left with is outrage in a vacuum. It's impossible to separate out the stop-loss tactic from the misadventures of the war itself, and that's what this film, to its discredit, accomplishes.
63
It's an uneven experience, with some evocative moments and others that don't resonate as much as they should.
60
In the end, Stop-Loss's evening-news topicality proves both an asset and a liability--an irresolvable structural conundrum. Simply put, the film so effectively reconstitutes those Vietnam-homecoming touchstones that we can anticipate its every move well before it makes them.
50
Heavy metal, alt-pop, southern rock, orchestral swells, wailing Middle Eastern tunes all vie for our attention, but none of this noise drowns out the sound of good intentions twisting themselves into an impotent knot.
25
As phony as a re-enactment with finger pup pets.
Jan 7, 2014
5
War films are the speciality of Kathryn Bigelow which should stay so. It was a nice try of Kimberly Peirce, but nevertheless she should leave it to Bigelow and focus on movies like her best one "Boys Don't Cry".
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Scott Rudin Productions
- MTV Films
- Peirce Pictures
Release Date:Mar 28, 2008
Duration:1 h 52 m
Rating:R
Tagline:The bravest place to stand is by each other's side.
Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Prism Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
• 1 Nomination
