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(1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1   B+ "Rather than dwell with a bunch of debating politicians, Peirce explores the serious psychological issues that many soldiers have upon return from any war."   FromTheBalcony   Bill Clark 2.5/5 "...more of an artillery based Abercrombie and Fitch road trip than a concise character study."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron D "Stop-Loss features cartoonish lessons on disillusionment and irksome actors trying to blue-steel the crap out of each other."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 3/5 "occasionally seems like an MTV/Varsity Blues pop variation of In the Valley of Elah"   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti B+ "Maddening, upsetting, and articulate, it's a film that dares to address a malicious tentacle of Government expediency connected to a much larger monster."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey "In Rico especially, and in Brandon's confrontations with his own delusions, the movie focuses on the unhealthy rituals of manhood and male community encouraged by the military"   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs A- "Despite structural deficiencies, 'Stop-Loss' is a riveting assault on the Pentagon's abuse of power during the Iraq war."   EDGE Boston   David Foucher B "Telling antiwar film as seen through the eyes of those patriotic volunteers who fought in Iraq and are now disillusioned."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Acted with aplomb and occasionally compelling, Stop-Loss nevertheless fails to impress."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman 1.5/4 "Stop-Loss' inability to find any coherent statement to make about what's happening to our soldiers is only a source of greater frustration."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "Adds to the ranks of films on the Iraq war that very few people will volunteer to see, not merely because the topic is difficult but because...it's so terribly uneven."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3/5 "Sheds light on a shabby military policy that treats vets of the Iraq war disgracefully."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Well-meaning attempt to call attention to the wildly unfair practice of sending troops back to war after their tour of duty is over is told with broad, obvious brushstrokes. Still, it's good that it was told at all."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito C- "This movie could have addressed a real issue, but instead turns into Home of the Brave: Part II without 50 Cent."   Film School Rejects   Kevin Carr B "..."Stop Loss" not only has something new to say, it is in many ways a smaller, modern day "Deer Hunter.""   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "[I]t's pro-the-troops -- as if anyone could honestly be against the health and well-being of our troops -- but anti-the-bullsh*t that they're being put through..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson B- "Despite the sincerity of its aspirations, it's hampered by awkward construction...and Hollywood gloss that cannot come close to the real-life soldiers telling their stories."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 3/5 "[T]here's a serious movie struggling to emerge from behind all the chiseled features and overwrought dialogue."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 3/5 ""Stop-Loss" isn't so much a bad film as it is an annoyingly uneven one."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 4/5 "Stop-Loss isn't much as a narrative, but it does herald the return of a singular voice that's been silent for far too long."   eFilmCritic.com   Rob Gonsalves B "It is an ambitious film, trying, as it does to tackle all the problems of war at once, but it is emotionally powerful nonetheless."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "Stop-Loss tries to be about so many things that it addresses none of them adequately."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 5/10 "Problem is: 'Stop-Loss' isn't really about that legal loophole. Instead, it's about soldiers' post-traumatic stress, a subject covered far more effectively before."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 8/10 "Contains a passionate desire to confront the injustices of the current political scene, something we could do with a lot more of."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1.5/4 "[A] populist anti-war polemic."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 58% Rotten Page   1