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Stop-Loss
from Paramount / MTV
starring Ryan Phillippe, Abbie Cornish, Channing Tatum, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
directed by Kimberly Peirce

Features:

• Widescreen
• NTSC

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Not totally accurate, but heartbreaking
  How you feel about this movie will depend on how you feel about the invasion and occupation of Iraq in the first place. I've been reading 1-star reviews by pro-military people, including active duty soldiers saying, "These guys are cowards. If you volunteer, you're giving your life to the military, so do your duty." And 4-star reviews by people who are against the war, saying StopLoss captures the heartbreak and trauma this war has caused.
  I know this movie isn't particularly accurate, but I still... more info

• Stop the Losses
  This movie has a strong anti-war message but presents it in a way that does not dishonor or diminish the soldiers on the front line. It does however offer a pointed and legitimate critique of the government and military leaders. The acting is solid, each character with their own hopes, biases, struggles and loyalties. The painful reality of combat and its indelible impact on those who fight speaks for itself and challenges viewers to look at what they believe in and why.
  

• Wow!
  How decent, brave, fairly naive kids get taken advantage of, is what this film invites us to think about. It is more a film about the psychological casualties of war stateside than about battle in Iraq. There is just enough battle to show why kids might have bad dreams and family problems when they get home, and so those scenes were necessarily condensed.This may be somewhat unrealistic, and certainly not representative for all soldiers, much as Jarhead may be not representative of everyone with regard to... more info

• Stop Loss by Brandon
  This movie was o.k. I thought it would be better than it was. The story was good and so were the actors, but it had too many cliches and the movie was too drawn out. Average.

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