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Stop-Loss (2008)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B
Source Brief Review Grade*
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
"...the ridiculous ending is nothing less than a slap in our face." more... B-
Chicago Tribune
Geoff Berkshire
"...noble failure..." more... B-
E! Online
Dezhda Mountz
"...a brave, probing look at the inner lives of soldiers" more... B  
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
"...a painfully polite Iraq war drama pitched at the MTV generation." more... B-
filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti
"...honorable intentions but flawed results..." more... B-
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
"Troubling wartime policies are effectively dramatized in ultimately ambiguous drama." more... B  
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
"...a film that does it right." more... B+
New York Post
Kyle Smith
"...phony..." more... D  
New York Times
A. O. Scott
"...not only an earnest, issue-driven narrative, but also a feverish entertainment..." more... A-
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"...the first major movie of the new year that touches greatness..." more... A-
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
"...the film establishes its attention to atmosphere and its respect for the Army..." more... B+
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
"While there are good things about it, Stop-Loss is nothing spectacular." more... B-
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"It's an uneven experience, with some evocative moments and others that don't resonate as much as they should." more... B-
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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