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The First Iraq War Movie for the Soldiersnew
Stop-Loss doesn't have much speechifying against the war or the politicians who launched it.
The Memphis Flyer |
Chris Herrington |
04-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
War Is Hellnew
Stop-Loss is flawed, but it offers an effective look at soldiers forced into another tour of duty.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
04-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Back Door Draftnew
Nearly a decade after Boys Don't Cry, writer/director Kimberly Peirce returns with another disquietly American story.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Hadden |
04-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Stop-Loss': Well-Meaning, but Battles Itselfnew
Lord knows, even at its worst, Stop-Loss remains light years more accomplished than the hand-wringing speeches we've been subjected to recently.
The Memphis Flyer |
Sean Burns |
03-31-2008 |
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Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
Kimberly Peirce Gets Fiercenew
Her film's strong, but she's naive about the war.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
03-28-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Stop-Loss': History Imitates History Onscreennew
Stop-Loss may be a necessary link in the bridge from Michael Moore to the eventual Iraq II equivalent of Dr. Strangelove, MASH or Three Kings. And for that, I salute it.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-28-2008 |
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Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Stop-Loss' Is Merely a Respectable Effortnew
Stop-Loss judges its Texas veterans in terms taken from Vietnam-era dissent. The director doesn't exactly rise to the occasion for national unity, but at least her final image of Brandon/Phillippe doesn't sink into fashionable cynicism.
New York Press |
Armond White |
03-27-2008 |
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Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Stop-Loss' Is Frustrating Failurenew
Stop-Loss relies on stereotypes and cartoonish oversimplification to critique the US military. It's a frustrating failure, both ideologically and creatively.
The Portland Mercury |
Alison Hallett |
03-27-2008 |
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Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
'Boys Don't Cry' Director Returns With Soldiers' Untold Story
Co-writer and director Kimberly Peirce returns after her impressive 1999 drama Boys Don't Cry with an equally empathetic film centered around the U.S. military's current backdoor-draft, responsible for forcing 81,000 soldiers back into war after multiple tours of duty.
Tags: Kimberly Peirce, Stop-Loss
