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"An Acceptable Loss" is a twisted political thriller that seems so relevant today. It is a story from a point of view I never even thought about! It's a good look at both sides of one particular issues we often see in the daily news. Libby (Tika Sumpter) and Martin (Ben Tavassoli) make for one unexpected and intense duo. Rachel (Jamie Lee Curtis) is simply powerful! I think this film by Joe Chappelle is absolutely worth seeing! Go ahead and rent it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

I really enjoyed this movie. The critics are crazy wrong on this one. I see all the user reviews are great and I agree. This is an intelligent thriller....not "in-your-face" . I was engaged from the beginning through the end. The acting is amazing from this strong female cast. And I was on the edge of my seat throughout the movie. Highly recommend!

Started slowly but it was worth the wait as the suspense built up. Great film.

It was fascinating how you thought this movie was going to be a certain kind of movie and then it switched tracks a couple of times before becoming an edge-of-your-seat thinking-person's thriller. I never saw the twist at the end coming. The principal actors were all excellent and the cinematography was great!

Ok, with all the story / reliability content, this good drama or a political thriller (if you can call it like that) is indeed very slow. The actual movie starts & ends in the last 20-25 minutes or so. Initally, too much of dragging. Problem als there with the star cast. Apart from Jamie Lee Cutis, not many known faces. The lead, Tika Sumpter (Libby) is wholly wooden in her expressions. But for her well-chiseled physique, she fails to emote. Story is very topical and of course, the twist in the tail is worth-watching, if you have patience to sit thru' the boring 2/3rd of the movie.

I do not understand how anyone can give this full marks, especially as the story switches from past to present, back to last, to present and so on...confusing the viewer. This movie has an "intense thriller" tag, but it was nothing of the sort. The man who stalked the woman was the only intense part of this movie, other than that, it was dry, boring and mundane. The movie could have two parts, but rather than creating two separate movies, they amalgamated them into one movie, switching between the first part and the second part, which confused at times. If you are looking for intense thrillers, then this isn't one for you. If you are looking for mundane, dry boring dramas which may confuse you, depending how tired you are, then this may interest you.

A very interesting and important topic presented (and tragically cheapened) by mostly mediocre actors and a few terrible ones (e.g. drunk guy at party), a decent director, and a very weak script which is riddled with cartoonish characters and ridiculous elements. Thriller? More like snooze fest. Tries hard to portray Dick Cheney, Dubya, Condi Rice, etc. but doesn't have the tools to pull it off. One Jamie Lee Curtis does not a good movie make. Go see Vice instead.

Out of the twelve current reviews, the ten 10/10's are all fake, and the two 1 & 2/10 are wannabe critics that have no clue how to rate a film. I found this film flawed, yet interesting and entertaining, and better than I expected. The acting by all cast was on point, especially J.L. Curtis. The sound/score was decent. The directing and cinematography were well done by writer/director Joe Chappelle. But his writing is were the flaws showed. The too-long 102 min length, and extremely slow pacing made this film seem over 2 hours long. Many scenes were dragged out and unnecessary imo. Joe Chappelle's resume is mainly TV's shows, so going into a full length feature film clearly was a challenge for him. Had this films pace been sped up, and the screenplay edited/cut down to 60 (TV show length) - 80 min, it would have held the audiences attention better with constant uninterrupted suspense.. The premise of this political drama/(hardly a) thriller was actually very interesting, and the flashback scenes were done well, but most of the 'entertainment value' was the last 15-20 mins. The beginning was the slowest, focusing too much on unnecessary long or irrelevant scenes. Still, an enjoyable film on dirty underground politics. Would I recommend it? Only if you are into political films and/or have nothing better to watch. It's an honest 7/10 from me.

Boring and bad acting. Don't waste your time. Jamie Lee Curtis should've received a Razzie nomination.

It started slow, but by the end, I was very glad I had hung in there.